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• Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement — in charts

  26-03-2025 23:37
  
  UK chancellor sets out welfare cuts and departmental spending squeeze, but she may be forced to raise taxes in autumn
  
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• Ministers play down likely rise in poverty from UK welfare cuts, says charity

  26-03-2025 23:13
  
  Joseph Rowntree Foundation says forecasts rely on ‘sleight of hand’ to underestimate true impact of reforms
  
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• British Steel’s Chinese owner rejects UK government subsidy offer

  26-03-2025 22:26
  
  Move triggers fears about job losses at company’s flagship Scunthorpe site
  
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• Ministers downplay likely rise in poverty from UK welfare cuts, says charity

  26-03-2025 21:34
  
  Joseph Rowntree Foundation says forecasts rely on ‘sleight of hand’ to underestimate true impact of reforms
  
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• Weak productivity and Trump tariffs: the chancellor remains in perilous fiscal waters

  26-03-2025 21:07
  Official forecasts show how easily Reeves’ plan could run into trouble
  
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• The UK chancellor’s fiscal holding operation

  26-03-2025 19:20
  
  The government needs to make bold choices ahead of the autumn Budget
  
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• Reeves’ repair job avoids tax increases — for now

  26-03-2025 18:54
  
  But government risks backlash over welfare cuts that will push tens of thousands into poverty
  
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• Nurse, 42, makes £900 a month from side hustle - ‘We'd struggle without it’

  26-03-2025 18:52 via express.co.uk
  
  More and more Britons are starting side hustles. With money tight, many have no choice.
  
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• Should Brits brace for tax rises in the Autumn Budget?

  26-03-2025 18:45
  
  No tax changes in the Spring Statement, but if the search for growth proves fruitless they’ll soon be back on the agenda
  
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• Fresh HMRC crackdown targets late payers

  26-03-2025 18:42
  Penalties will rise with the aim of netting £1bn over the next four years
  
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• From miserable to mediocre: the Reeves challenge continues

  26-03-2025 18:36
  
  History suggests the OBR may, once again, have been persuaded to be too optimistic at a time of global turmoil
  
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• Reeves can still raise UK business spirits — on a shoestring

  26-03-2025 18:17
  
  Despite the gloom, Labour has another shot at changing the narrative through its promised industrial strategy
  
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• Reeves warned of tax rises ahead despite £14bn plan to fix public finances

  26-03-2025 17:08
  Chancellor makes cuts to welfare spending as economic forecasts slashed
  
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• Rachel Reeves warned of tax rises ahead despite £14bn plan to fix public finances

  26-03-2025 17:08
  Chancellor makes cuts to welfare spending as economic forecasts slashed
  
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• Rachel Reeves sets out £14bn plan to plug hole in UK public finances

  26-03-2025 17:08
  
  Chancellor makes long-awaited announcement ahead of £24bn in tax rises from next month
  
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• Rachel Reeves sets out £14bn package to repair UK public finances

  26-03-2025 17:08
  Chancellor makes long-awaited announcement ahead of £24bn in tax rises from next month
  
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• Personal finance experts react to the Spring Statement

  26-03-2025 17:02
  From another crackdown on tax collection, to Isa threats and investing in defence stocks
  
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• Welfare cuts to push 250,000 people into poverty

  26-03-2025 16:59
  
  Changes will see 800,000 lose disability payments by 2029-30
  
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• UK Spring Statement 2025: the chancellor’s speech in full

  26-03-2025 16:55
  
  Rachel Reeves’ statement to the House of Commons
  
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• Reeves sets out new UK defence growth board

  26-03-2025 16:53
  
  Chancellor confirms £2.2bn military funding rise next year in Spring Statement
  
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• Reeves confirms extra £2.2bn in UK military funding next year

  26-03-2025 16:53
  Chancellor sets out plans to make Britain a ‘defence industrial power’ in Spring Statement
  
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• ‘Not quite enough’ may prove to be Labour’s epitaph

  26-03-2025 16:42
  Managing to do anything that could add to GDP is welcome, but it will not get the government off the hook
  
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• Reeves’ repair job avoids tax rises — for now

  26-03-2025 16:33
  
  But government risks backlash over welfare cuts that will push tens of thousands into poverty
  
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• Planning reforms will boost UK housebuilding say official forecasts

  26-03-2025 16:11
  OBR predicts 305,000 more new homes a year by 2029 but government will still struggle to hit manifesto target
  
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• Planning reforms to boost UK housebuilding but Labour set to miss target

  26-03-2025 16:11
  
  OBR forecasts 305,000 more new homes a year by 2029 as a result of changes
  
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• The OBR stays average

  26-03-2025 15:49
  
  Our disappointment is immeasurable and our day is ruined
  
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• Spring Statement 2025 in brief: what you need to know

  26-03-2025 15:39
  A summary of the key policy announcements and official forecasts
  
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• Spring Statement as it happened: Reeves announces £14bn plan to fix Britain’s strained public finances

  26-03-2025 13:20
  UK chancellor forced to make last-minute savings to shore up the nation’s finances
  
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• Reeves announces welfare and spending cuts in Spring Statement

  26-03-2025 13:20
  UK chancellor forced to make last-minute savings to shore up the nation’s finances
  
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• Chancellor forced to find more savings after watchdog doubts £5bn costing

  26-03-2025 12:13
  Chancellor forced to find more savings after watchdog doubts £5bn costing
  
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• UK inflation slows more than expected to 2.8%

  26-03-2025 10:33
  
  Fall in clothing prices drives decline but services inflation holds at 5% in February
  
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• Lower Thames Crossing and Old Trafford projects are welcome investments

  26-03-2025 10:30
  
  New infrastructure schemes show public-private partnership at its best
  
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• Rachel Reeves makes additional welfare cuts to close UK’s fiscal hole

  26-03-2025 10:05
  
  Chancellor forced to find more savings after watchdog doubts £5bn costing
  
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• UK inflation falls more than expected to 2.8% in February

  26-03-2025 08:01
  
  Lower than expected figure comes as chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to outline spending cuts in Spring Statement
  
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• Spring Statement highlights tough UK economy

  26-03-2025 06:00
  
  What will be in Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement?
  
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• Rising debt and spending demands: the squeeze on Britain’s finances — in charts

  26-03-2025 06:00
  
  UK gross government debt rose from 85.7% of GDP in 2019 to 101.8% in 2024
  
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• Rising debt and spending demands squeeze Britain’s finances

  26-03-2025 06:00
  
  UK gross government debt rose from 85.7% of GDP in 2019 to 101.8% in 2024
  
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• ONS local jobs data gives ‘volatile’ results, research finds

  26-03-2025 06:00
  
  Assessment will add to questions about the work of embattled UK statistics agency
  
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• UK will struggle to boost public sector with AI drive, MPs warn

  26-03-2025 01:01
  
  Commons committee points to outdated technology and lack of digital skills in government
  
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