ExecReview

Exec Review – Business & Finance – News & Comment

Main menu

Skip to primary content
Skip to secondary content
  • News
  • Europe
  • Global
  • Politics
  • Media
  • Tech
  • Retail
  • Banking
  • Economics
  • Policy
  • Property
  • Money

Post navigation

← Older posts
Newer posts →

Keir Starmer says Labour ‘kept to our manifesto’ over budget tax rises

PM seeks to rebuff claims government broke its promises while conceding budget ‘asked everybody to contribute’

Income tax threshold freeze will hit poorer households harder, experts say

Move will have greater impact on living standards of taxpayers in bottom half of income scale, thinktanks say

Rachel Reeves’s budget has inflamed, not calmed, Britain’s febrile mood

The chancellor’s statement will be remembered for the many taxes it raised, rather than the big one – income tax – it did not, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Rachel Reeves targets UK’s wealthiest in £26bn tax-raising budget

Chancellor axes two-child benefit cap and cuts energy bills paid for by mansion tax and freezing tax thresholds

OBR warns Reeves’s budget still leaves public finances in ‘vulnerable’ position

Damaging events could knock finances off course, says Treasury’s independent forecaster as it downgrades growth outlook

How Rachel Reeves’s budget was leaked 40 minutes early

By the time the chancellor reached the dispatch box, the OBR had accidentally published its verdict in full online

The Guardian view on Labour’s budget: real gains for children and struggling families are a welcome shift

Editorial: Rachel Reeves’s interventions will ease the cost of living and suggest a desire to revive growth and protect public services

A budget to save Britain’s finances? More like Operation Save Our Skins

Only 20% of tax rises will go towards making people better off. The vast majority will be spent meeting Labour’s fiscal rules and paying for U-turns, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

‘A bit of a relief’: a City trading floor reacts to Reeves’s budget

After initial chaos caused by OBR leak, London financial traders say markets do not appear to have been upset

Reeves’s tax-raising budget is crash-landing on an economy that is struggling for growth

Bond vigilantes may be reassured but the jury is out for households and businesses

Rachel Reeves says budget will cut living costs after shock OBR leak

Chancellor unveils action on energy bills, rail fares and two-child benefit cap as she reveals £26bn tax rises

Has Rachel Reeves made the right calls in this budget? Our panel responds

After a tumultuous run-up to a make-or-break moment for the government, has the chancellor struck the right balance?

Rachel Reeves has many problems. She’s realising that her Brexit bind may be the biggest of all

Brutal economic realities are prompting a shift in Labour’s tone on Europe. But will it dare tell the whole truth about Britain’s predicament, asks Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Rachel Reeves’s high-stakes autumn budget in five key charts

Chancellor to set out tax and spending plans shaped by weak productivity, high borrowing costs and cost of living crisis

Millions of UK workers to get pay rise as Reeves plans increased minimum wage

Chancellor says people must be ‘properly rewarded for their hard work’ with 16- to 21-year-olds also in line for raise

Post navigation

← Older posts
Newer posts →
  • Levi’s sales grow in UK as celebrities drive denim revival
  • Amazon shares tumble as $200bn AI rollout plan worries markets – business live
  • Most of England’s smart motorways are poor value for money, official reports find
  • Boss of lobbying firm founded with Peter Mandelson quits after Epstein revelations
  • Hail our new robot overlords! Amazon warehouse tour offers glimpse of future
  • TikTok could be forced to change app’s ‘addictive design’ by European Commission
  • Only seven new petrol-powered cars sold in Norway in January
  • Stellantis takes €22bn hit after ‘overestimating’ pace of shift to EVs
  • Price of average UK home passes £300,000 for first time, Halifax says
  • ‘Tickets have become status symbols’: from Harry Styles to Taylor Swift, why is live music bigger and more expensive than ever?
  • Almost a quarter of soup on sale in UK supermarkets has too much salt, study finds
  • The Russian economy is finally stagnating. What does it mean for the war – and for Putin?
  • Bald eagles and Lynyrd Skynyrd: is Budweiser’s all-American Super Bowl ad serious?
  • Barclays reportedly cuts ties with lobbying firm co-founded by Peter Mandelson
  • Rape allegation against ex-Barclays CEO Jes Staley was raised in US Epstein investigation
  • Shell will consider fossil fuel investment in Venezuela, says chief executive
  • Rio Tinto and Glencore abandon revived $260bn merger plan
  • US job openings dropped to a five-year low in December 2025, report shows
  • Bank of England holds interest rates and ‘shocked’ over Mandelson; Rio-Glencore merger talks collapse – as it happened
  • Airlines should tell UK customers the carbon impact of flights, watchdog says
  • Bank of England keeps interest rates at 3.75% as inflation concerns persist
  • Summer travel disruption fears over new biometric checks at European borders
  • Cornish tin mine could reopen with Trump administration investment
  • Dubai’s potent lure: the reality behind the real-estate frenzy
  • Anger over Scottish salmon farm inspections amid 35m unexpected fish deaths
  • Why the Bank of England is holding rates despite a weakening economy
  • Hollywood money fuelled record £2.8bn spend on UK film production last year
  • BT loses more than 200,000 broadband customers as profits slump
  • Mandelson sought Epstein’s help in hunt for lucrative roles at Glencore and BP
  • Mass layoffs fuel fears of ‘death spiral’ at Washington Post

Contact www.execreview.com   Terms of Use