The Chancellor was reportedly locked in negotiations with some ministers until last week as she sought £40 billion of tax ...

UK has borrowed £79.6bn this financial year, £1.2bn more than a year ago, which is the third highest year-to-September ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will present the Government’s first Budget to Parliament on October 30. Traditionally, the ...

The ONS figures also show that spending on benefits is down to a two-year low, decreasing by £2 billion to £25.7 billion. The department says a large part of this is due to the cutback of winter fuel ...

How will the UK Budget affect 'ordinary workers' and the economy? Find out about the potential financial shock and tax hike ...

The Chancellor said it was ‘right’ that Cabinet ministers had attempted to get the best settlements possible for their ...

The health secretary warns of "difficult and big choices" coming in the budget as he answers questions on Sky's Sunday ...

First Minister John Swinney has said the UK budget next week is a “make or break moment” for the economy as he urged the ...

Wes Streeting says he has 'settled with the Chancellor' on NHS budget - but some colleagues have reportedly missed the ...

John Swinney has not dismissed the possibility of freezing tax thresholds as a means to boost the Holyrood Government's ...

John Swinney has refused to rule out freezing the tax thresholds in the Scottish Budget later this year. The First Minister ...

The rule was adopted after the crisis of the early 1990s. Faced with enormous need for public investment, a majority of ...