‘Mortified’ OBR chair hopes inquiry into budget leak will report next week
Reuters news agency says it obtained document after visiting URL it predicted file would be uploaded to
Budget tax rises may be ‘fiscal fiction’ as pain delayed for election year, IFS warns
Labour MPs welcome scrapping of two-child benefit cap but worry about hefty future tax increases on constituents
The chancellor’s growth mission is missing in action
Businesses grumble about lack of ambition and urgency as Rachel Reeves continues to shy away from meaningful tax reform
Starmer says budget did not break manifesto tax pledge – as it happened
PM says: ‘We kept to our manifesto in terms of what we’ve promised. But I accept the challenge that we’ve asked everybody to contribute’
Rachel Reeves’s budget creates tax break for rich former non-doms
Cap on inheritance tax paid by their offshore trusts will only help those worth more than £83m, say experts
Economists warn budget built on ‘shaky foundations’; December UK interest rate cut looks more likely – as it happened
Experts question whether back-loaded tax rises outlined in Wednesday’s budget will really happen
Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster
‘It was just … meh’: the voters who feel ‘tinkering’ budget let them down
Research group More in Common spoke to former ‘blue wall’ constituents unimpressed by ‘chaotic’ U-turns
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
‘Struggling to pay the bills’: Britons under pressure react to budget 2025
As they struggle with the cost of living, people weigh up whether Rachel Reeves’s measures will help them
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
Budget 2025: what it means for you
How Reeves’s measures on tax, NI and benefits affect single people, couples, families and those receiving pensions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland