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Budget 2026: No more fat to trim for 'squeezed middle'
As the chancellor finalises his first Budget, how are the "squeezed middle" feeling about costs?
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Business
Four ways Labour could raise money in the Budget without hiking income tax
Chancellor John Healey may need to raise money to boost his fiscal headroom - BBC Verify examines what options could be on the table.
Politics
Budget to include £1bn for social and affordable housing
The move will take funding for the 10-year programme to more than £40bn.
Politics
UK to invest £100m in 'world first' AI Biosecurity Lab
The chancellor will unveil AI spending aimed at shoring up the UK's defences in Wednesday's Budget.
Business
Calls to cut employer National Insurance contributions for under-25s
Yorkshire businesses set out what they want from the chancellor ahead of the Budget.
Business
Faisal Islam: Inflation and borrowing figures illustrate chancellor's Budget challenge
The economic figures released on Wednesday show the constraints for John Healey as he puts the finishing touches to his Budget.
Politics
Labour will not have the courage to cut spending, says Badenoch
Speaking ahead of next week's Budget, the Conservative leader says her party would make £70bn of cuts.
Business
Paddy Power cuts 1,400 jobs and blames betting tax rises
The government increased taxes on online casino and sports betting in last year's Budget.
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Travel
Hotels Could Become One of Ixigo’s Two Biggest Businesses
Ixigo has the product and a steady stream of customers. What remains is the hard part of convincing budget travelers that the room they book online is the room they’ll get.
Business
U.S. budget deficit swells to almost $2 trillion for fiscal 2026, up 12% in a single year
The Treasury Department published the U.S. budget deficit for the 2026 fiscal year.
Business
Banking tax raid fears hit London lenders' shares ahead of crucial budget
Shares in some U.K. banks fell Friday after reports that the government is considering a higher surcharge on bank profits in the Oct. 28 Budget.
World
EU leaders face budget divisions, discuss Ukraine at Brussels summit
European Union leaders gathered in Brussels on Thursday for a two-day summit to discuss the bloc’s next long-term budget, continued support for Ukraine and measures to strengthen Europe’s economic competitiveness amid rising energy prices and geopolitical uncertainty. They voiced strong opposition to a new proposal for the bloc’s long-term budget, raising serious doubt about whether the key spending package will be agreed by the end of year. FRANCE 24's Dave Keating reports from Brussels.
Business
Banks expect to be hit with higher taxes in Budget
Senior banking executives have told the BBC they expect to be "on the menu" in the chancellor's Budget tax later this month.
Politics
EU leaders head into high-stakes budget battle as elections loom
EU leaders on Thursday are holding talks seeking a deal on the bloc’s nearly €2 trillion budget for 2028-2034 by Christmas amid deep divisions over spending and fears that upcoming elections, particularly in France, could strengthen eurosceptic forces. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned that EU leaders were still "very far apart" as he arrived at the summit.
Business
'It's definitely tight trying to budget on maternity leave'
An estimated 47,500 people in Sheffield are unable to make ends meet and pay their bills.
Politics
Welsh government and Labour strike budget deal with £60m for additional learning needs
The Plaid Cymru-led administration had failed to pass its spending plans during the summer.
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Business
UK growth forecast upgraded but higher energy prices to hit economy next year
The prediction from the IMF comes as final preparations are being made for the first Budget under Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
Business
Healey faces £35bn Budget challenge to meet spending pledges, says think tank
The Institute for Fiscal Studies says the government will need a "top-up" of billions of pounds if it wants to meet its spending plans.
Politics
High school mobilizations, budget ... the French executive under pressure
MEPs almost unanimously rejected on Friday in committee the "revenues" part of the 2027 state budget, a setback, but without immediate consequences, with the text returning to the House on Tuesday in the initial version of the government. On the side of high school mobilizations, the student and professional interunion called for a new day of mobilization Tuesday, October 13.
Politics
Study of Budget 2027 in the National Assembly: Prime Minister calls for patriotism
This is the beginning of a parliamentary marathon. A few days after its presentation in the Council of Ministers, the 2027 Finance Bill will be considered by the National Assembly in mid-October. This text is being prepared by Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, who has to deal with deficits that derail, a debt that erupts, high school students who demand resources and French who suffer from the surge in prices, while the campaign for the presidential election is already under way.