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Starmer forced to deny breaking Labour manifesto as experts sound dire warning over Budget plans

Damning assessment came as chancellor and prime minister forced to defend plans and insist they did not breach manifesto promises

The Independent UK

A shackled economy, no long-term vision for growth — and no help for London

Once again the capital did not get a single mention in the Chancellor’s speech

Evening Standard

Sadly, this taxing Reeves Budget does nothing for business or growth

Labour has no ministers with any business experience and appear deaf and unsympathetic to what is required for growth.

Evening Standard

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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’

The Guardian - UK

‘External person’ may have leaked Budget document link, says OBR chief

Contentious Budget was leaked nearly an hour before chancellor was set to announce it

The Independent UK

‘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

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: £600-a-year average income tax rise for millions with London hardest hit in Reeves Budget

The Chancellor was facing criticism that she was hitting workers with tax rises to pay for more benefits

Evening Standard

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Gambling giants warn of £700 million hit from Chancellor's betting duty hikes

The OBR said it expected the changes to raise an extra £1.1 billion a year for the Treasury by 2029-30

Evening Standard

'External person' may have accessed leaked Budget document link, says under-fire OBR chief

OBR chairman Richard Hughes tells Radio 4’s Today: ‘It appears there was a link that someone was able to access - an external person’

Evening Standard

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’

The Guardian - UK

‘I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house’: Richmond residents react to council tax rise

Rachel Reeves’s new council tax surcharge on homes worth £2m or more earns mixed reception in well-heeled London borough

The Guardian - UK

Warning of £20bn timebomb as Reeves switches Send funding in England to education department

Councils welcome move but OBR says it is significant fiscal risk equivalent to 4.9% real fall in spending per pupil

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

‘You will be worse off’: Martin Lewis reveals what Rachel Reeves’s Budget will mean for your wallet

The chancellor unveiled £26 billion worth of tax hikes to close a large hole in the public finances

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Evening Standard

'You won't write my obituary': Under-fire Reeves hits back at critics of her tax and benefits Budget

The Chancellor’s statement put Britain on course for a record tax burden as she hikes levies

The Independent UK

Chancellor to face more questions after Budget overshadowed by major leak

The Chancellor’s decisions put Britain on course for a record tax burden as she hiked levies.

Evening Standard

'Chilling effect' of Budget briefings cost London jobs, say bosses as Reeves defends her tax and spend plans

They also warned the Chancellor’s measures would have ‘little to no impact on growth in the round’

The Guardian - UK

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

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The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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 - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

Budget ‘papers over cracks’, say economists as UK growth forecasts downgraded

The Office for Budget Responsibility also pointed to a worsening short-term picture for inflation and unemployment.

The Guardian - UK

OBR’s leak was the only leak Reeves wasn’t responsible for in pre-budget shambles

Chancellor tried a different approach to this budget, revealing all her plans and causing chaos before she even delivered it

The Independent UK

Tax, spending and investment: Where the Budget ranks in history

The Government has committed to the longest sustained period of high spending since the Second World War.

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