Our analysis shows that 56.3% of the estimated budget will go to development-related contracts. The United Kingdom was an aid ...

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Beginning in 1906, Morecambe illuminations ran along the promenade to Happy Mount Park with the park itself carrying the focal point of the display.

Bill Gates has joined a chorus of international development voices criticising the government cutting billions in overseas aid spending in the Budget. On Wednesday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves chose ...

The budget will raise taxes by £40bn. • National insurance (NI) contributions for employers (not employees) will increase by 1.2 percentage points to 15% from April 2025. The point at which ...

"This was a really big Budget: 40 billion pounds worth of tax rises, some very big spending commitments and quite a lot of extra borrowing as well.” 📺 @PJTheEconomist summarises today’s Budget ...

The Chancellor said that national insurance, VAT or income tax will not increase for working people in this Budget. "I say to working people: I will not increase your national insurance, your VAT, or ...

The UK's first female chancellor summed up her Budget speech claiming she had made the "right choices". Rachel Reeves challenged the opposition to answer what choices they would make, asking if ...

On 16 October, the UN Secretary-General presented a $3.6 billion budget proposal for programmes in 2025, highlighting the Organization’s commitment to peace, sustainable development ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves hailed her Autumn Budget – the first for the new Labour government – as a plan to 'fix the foundations and deliver change', as she unveiled a widespread package of tax changes ...

Rachel Reeves’ Budget debut was road-tested in advance, as they are these days. There were no surprises in her well-flagged higher tax, higher spend, higher borrowing speech. The closest to a white ...

Oscar Wong / Getty Images A budget is a spending plan. It takes what you spent last month to anticipate what you'll spend this month. Making one isn't easy—and sticking to it can be even harder.