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Reeves freezes fuel duty - despite the over £3bn cost.

Reeves says she is raising £25bn from an increase in Employer NICs.

Reeves confirms the government will target PSNFL for her debt rule.

Rachel Reeves announces £6.7bn for rebuilding over 500 schools. Looks like reinvigorating BSF wasn't a bad shout for a rabbit... x.com/RJPartington/s…

Full story- Budget 2024: Reeves reveals £40bn in tax rises as she promises to rebuild public services theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/o…

Some killer lines from the OBR - Reeves's budget policies "crowd out" private investment. Business investment forecast to fall as a share of GDP "as profit margins are squeezed, and the net impact of Budget policies lowers business investment"

Richard Partington Not quite right though - Office for Budget Responsibility estimate an offsetting £9.6 billion by 2029, mostly through reductions in wages and profits. So net gain in 2029 is just £16.1 billion.

Reeves’s £40bn tax rises will boost growth ‘sustainably’, says IMF theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Financial markets react to the budget, as IFS says extra £9bn of tax rises may be needed to avoid UK public service cuts Is this Truss 2.0? No: but the chancellor will be mindful of the gilt sell-off after making a big deal about economic stability theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Today’s The Guardian front page: Reeves told she will have to raise further £9bn to avoid UK public service cuts - with Jessica Elgot theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Breaking: Bank of England cuts interest rates to 4.75% even as it warns that Rachel Reeves's budget will add to inflationary pressures in the economy - keeping the inflation rate above target until 2027. theguardian.com/business/2024/…

The new post-pandemic divide (but also building on pre-existing splits in society): hybrid working. Hybrid working much more likely if staff have a degree, says ONS: theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Andy Haldane says the UK can strike a Trump trade deal and rebuild EU relations - among other POV in a wide-ranging interview. "I hope the government is in a position to really pat its head and rub its tummy at the moment,” he tells me. theguardian.com/business/2024/…

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