'The OBR has made Rachel Reeves very lucky in saying we think it [higher tax receipts] are going to come to the rescue in coming years'

@helenmiller.bsky.social explains how tax revenues made Rachel Reeves' job easier this Budget in our podcast.

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'I don't think we can afford to have budgets that look like this in some sense. The growth problem is so bad.'

@helenmiller.bsky.social, @benzaranko.bsky.social & @ckfarquharson.bsky.social discuss the Budget and its implications for growth in our podcast.

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'Real household disposable income is going to grow about 0.4% annually this parliament. That is the second worst growth in living standards we've had since the late 1970s.'

@ckfarquharson.bsky.social discusses living standards in our #Budget2025 podcast.

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'The manifesto said no increase in National Insurance. This is an increase in National Insurance.'

@helenmiller.bsky.social and @benzaranko.bsky.social discuss whether the Budget's tax changes are a breach of Labour's manifesto pledge in our new podcast.

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