The UK swung to a record monthly budget surplus of £30.4bn in January, driven by higher tax receipts, in a boost for chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of next month’s Spring Statement. The surplus was ...
The UK should replace its simple pass-fail approach to fiscal rules with a broader “traffic lights” system to end the “dysfunctional policy making” of recent years, the Institute of Fiscal Studies ...
The UK government recorded its largest ever January budget surplus, reflecting a sharp increase in tax receipts and easing ...
This week's budget is the first of two that will define the financial context for the 2026 Holyrood election campaign. Many of the decisions on taxation and spending taken by the chancellor Rachel ...
Britain's economy barely grew in the final quarter of 2025 as activity fared worse than initially estimated during the run-up ...
The UK just had a surprise £30.4bn boost to its economy. Can it last? - COMMENT : A pleasant surprise in the government’s budget surplus will give the chancellor plenty to smile about, but the big ...
It is, says the government, a budget to support working households and UK businesses. Critics will argue that it represents a £26bn rise in taxes and more election promises broken. As much of the ...
Morning all, Craig McGlashan here with the Europe Wire from the London newsroom. Anyone living in the UK would be excused for thinking that the budget had already happened given its dominance of the ...