Category: Political Insight

The biggest initial surprise in this Budget may have been that the government's independent forecaster the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) managed to publish it all by mistake long before Chancellor Rachel Reeves got to…

Sam FrancisPolitical reporterBBCThe Chancellor has announced £820m of funding to guarantee paid work placements for 18 to 21-year-olds "not earning or learning" for over 18 months.The funding will pay for three years of the Youth…

Available for over a yearThe Dutch historian Rutger Bregman, whose BBC Reith Lectures start this week, is calling for a moral revolution to change our societies for the better, charting how small groups of committed…

Simon DedmanEssex political reporter in ThurrockBBCBusinesswoman Gina Bonsu has put recruitment on pause since last year's BudgetOn Wednesday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves will deliver her Budget, with speculation rife about those who will and won't benefit…

PA MediaThe multi-million pound vehicles are made in Merthyr TydfilThe Army has paused the use of its Ajax armoured vehicles after soldiers became unwell from noise and vibration during a military exercise.About 30 soldiers became…

This is totally surreal.Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch have gone through the motions of a Prime Minister's Question session before the Budget. In response to questions from the Conservative leader, the prime minister said that…

The UK economy is now predicted to grow at a slower rate than previously expected from next year, the government's official forecaster has said.The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), which maps out how the economy…

Lucy HookerBusiness reporterGetty Images/ljubaphotoThere was no rise in the rate of income tax. Still, the Budget is likely to push up your tax bill before the end of this parliament.That's because the chancellor has opted…

Watch: 'Mind-blowing' - BBC correspondents react as OBR releases Budget details earlyThe Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has apologised for mistakenly publishing its economic forecast ahead of the Budget.Details of the Budget are supposed to…

Brian WheelerPolitical reporterHouse of CommonsRachel Reeves has announced £26bn in tax increases aimed at shoring up the UK economy in what is being seen as a make-or-break Budget for the government.The chancellor has extended a…