Rachel Reeves must break her fiscal rules. Better now than later

There is already arguably too little flexibility in the chancellor’s budget plan. Trump’s tariffs chaos makes a rethink inevitable

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Reeves’s Heathrow expansion plans leave Labour’s green agenda grounded

The chancellor’s apparent volte-face in backing a third runway has left many in her party disillusioned and led them to label it as an act of desperation

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Inheritance tax on farms should be delayed to avoid unfairness, says thinktank

IFS suggests making gifts of land before a certain date tax-free so that elderly farmers would not be caught out

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Rachel Reeves standing firm against U-turn on inheritance tax for farmers

Chancellor understood to be determined to keep policy despite Treasury analysing ways to soften impact

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UK environment secretary vows to ensure farmers are paid fairly for produce

Steve Reed says he may not agree on inheritance tax changes but government will listen to rural Britain

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Far-right groups plan to hijack farmers’ protest in London against tax changes

Extremists including Tommy Robinson associates latch on to event but organisers say they want it to be nonpolitical

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Trump tariffs would halve UK growth and push up prices, says thinktank

NIESR warns British economy would be one of the worst affected by protectionist policies

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NFU rejects Treasury claim that 72% of farms won’t pay inheritance tax

Union says Defra figures show far more farmers will be hit by budget proposal and warns of ‘militant protest’ to come

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Chris Riddell on the Tory nightmare after Halloween – cartoon

As Conservatives whine about the budget, the Covid corruption commissioner waits in the wings

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I was thinking it felt like meeting one of your heroes and they are very different to the image the portrayed in TV or in movies etc. Or maybe you meet them and they are rude or in a bad mood. So not horrible but very disappointing
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