Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced that she will end the threshold freeze on income tax and national insurance, but raised a number of other taxes and increased spending by billions of pounds in her first Budget.

Following Labour’s first budget in over 14 years, unveiled by Chancellor Rachel Reeves today, the Chemical Industries Association (CIA) has welcomed key elements of the Chancellor’s 2024 Budget, recognising positive developments for the chemical sector in areas such as industrial strategy, net zero growth, investment in skills, and innovation. CIA Chief Executive Steve Elliott commended the support for aerospace, automotive and life sciences as key advanced manufacturing sectors linked closely to chemical businesses.

Nobody likes paying more, but there are good economic as well as political reasons for Rachel Reeves to raise taxes in the Budget, argues Tim Leunig

The UK's largest provider of drug and alcohol treatment services has described the Budget as a "critical moment" for the sector with any reduction in funding risking an "unravelling" of rehabilitation provision.

As we approach Labour’s first budget in over 14 years, it’s crucial that the party sets out an economic agenda that works in the interests of all.

There has been much speculation about Rachel Reeves’ Budget. The new government is attempting to land its £22bn black hole narrative and “fix the foundations”, while maintaining some pretence of not increasing taxes on working people – a cohort few ministers are keen to define.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said that austerity is "no solution" to sluggish economic growth and struggling public services ahead of the Budget.

A Labour MP has urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to protect the spirits industry in this week's Budget, warning that the hospitality sector is already “struggling to cope” with the alcohol duty increase brought in under the previous Tory government.

The spirits sector is a great British industry with huge potential. As a pro-growth government, we must help it flourish.

West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker believes civil servants in Whitehall are “resistant” to supporting government plans for more regional devolution, and hopes the Budget will allow mayors greater flexibility over their own finances and projects.

Voters want Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves to prioritise spending on the National Health Service above all government departments in the Budget next week, new polling shows.

On 30 October, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will deliver the Autumn Budget, accompanied by a full fiscal statement from the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR). Britain’s chemical industry has expressed that a future for the UK can be built on a policy partnership with the Government.

The new government is due to deliver a warm homes plan in 2025. Current government supported energy efficiency and low-carbon heating incentives don’t offer the taxpayer value for money, particularly for rural homes. Calor outlines what measures government can take at the Budget and Spending Review to rectify this.

In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: loadsamoney

There is fragile optimism among Labour voters that the economy will improve in the next year, according to new polling.

There is speculation Chancellor Rachel Reeves is exploring changing the fiscal rules to give the new Labour Government more space to borrow and spend money.

Members of the British Armed Forces have warned Chancellor Rachel Reeves that changes to pensions in the Budget would damage the military's “trust” in government and make it harder to keep hold of personnel.

Why is it that we have the least well-insulated homes in Western Europe? Well, the reasons are many, but one place to look is up.

The Prime Minister’s clarion call to business leaders to ‘back Britain’ has been underpinned by the Attorney General’s message that “the rule of law matters for growth, jobs and people’s livelihoods”.

An actual giant of the labour movement? Sienna Rodgers speaks to the tall and quietly powerful Co-operative Party general secretary, Joe Fortune. Photography by Elio Zhang

Hartlepool’s Labour MP Jonathan Brash has said he wants levelling up funding that was promised to his town to be delivered by the new government, and hopes the Autumn Budget will offer “clarity” on the funds which have been cast into doubt.

We’ve been readied for pain but, as Rachel Reeves mulls her taxation options with the infamous Treasury ‘scorecard’, Dan Neidle gives his form guide on the runners and riders