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Rachel Reeves Accused of Misleading Britain Over Budget ‘Black Hole’

Britain’s first woman chancellor is facing one of the toughest weeks of her tenure. Rachel Reeves is accused of painting an unduly bleak picture of the public finances in the run-up to the 2025 Autumn Budget, even after she had been told that a predicted “black hole” had disappeared.

At the center of the row is a simple but explosive question: did the chancellor mislead the public about the state of the nation’s finances to prepare the ground for record tax rises, or was she legitimately stressing fiscal risks to defend cautious budgeting?

New letters from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), the UK’s fiscal watchdog, show that by late October the Treasury had been informed that stronger-than-expected tax receipts had more than offset earlier worries about weak productivity. Yet days later, Reeves delivered a high-profile speech warning of tough choices, a £20 billion fiscal gap, and the need for painful tax decisions.

This article unpacks how the controversy arose, what the OBR actually told ministers, why opposition parties and economists say the chancellor crossed a line, and how Downing Street and sympathetic analysts are defending her. It also looks at what this clash means for trust in Britain’s new government, the independence of the OBR, and the direction of fiscal policy in a country already facing its highest tax burden in modern times.

Labour workers’ rights U-turn: what the Employment Rights Bill row means for UK employees

‍ Labour came to power promising a “New Deal for Working People” and day-one protection against unfair dismissal. Now, after a bruising stand-off with the House of Lords and intense lobbying from business, that flagship promise has been watered down to a six-month qualifying period.

Supporters call it a pragmatic compromise to save a wider package of workplace reforms. Critics call it a betrayal that leaves millions of workers exposed in their most vulnerable months on the job. York MP Rachael Maskell has warned that workers now have “everything to fear” if employers do not want day-one rights.

Behind the political row sits a complex shift in UK employment law. The Employment Rights Bill still promises the biggest overhaul in a generation, with changes to sick pay, parental leave, zero-hours contracts and trade union rights. But the retreat on unfair dismissal has raised hard questions about trust, power and the balance between job security and business flexibility.

This article explains what has changed, why it happened, and what it means in practice for workers, employers and the wider economy. It looks at the political fallout, the economic arguments on both sides, and how this decision fits into a broader reshaping of the UK labour market.

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Labour’s Workers’ Rights U-Turn: What Starmer’s Day-One Retreat Means for UK Employees

The UK government has quietly pulled back from one of its headline promises: giving workers protection from unfair dismissal from their very first day in a new job. Instead, ministers now plan to introduce that protection only after six months of service, in a move that has sparked a revolt on Labour’s own backbenches and fierce criticism from trade unions.

Supporters argue the shift is a necessary compromise to get a wide-ranging Employment Rights Bill through a hostile House of Lords and onto the statute book. Critics call it a “complete betrayal” of a clear manifesto commitment and a warning sign about how far the government will bend to business pressure. Labour MPs attack Starmer U-tur…

This article explains what has actually changed, how the new six-month rule compares with current law, why Labour MPs and unions are so angry, and what it all means for workers, employers, and the wider political landscape.

UK Budget 2025 and British Farmers: Why the ‘Family Farm Tax’ Still Feels Like a Betrayal

The first headlines from the UK’s 2025 Budget were not about policy but about a leak. The Office for Budget Responsibility’s economic outlook went live early, briefly letting markets and analysts read the script before the chancellor stood up. At the center of that script was a simple, powerful decision: income tax thresholds will remain frozen until 2031.

That sounds technical. In practice, it is a huge, long-running tax rise. As wages rise with inflation but thresholds stay still, more people are dragged into paying income tax for the first time and more middle earners slip into higher bands. This “fiscal drag” is why economists describe the freeze as a stealth tax.

The core argument now gripping Westminster is not whether the freeze raises money – it clearly does – but who pays the price. Leading economic institutes say the burden will fall most heavily on low- and middle-income households, while the very richest are relatively shielded.

This article explains how the tax threshold freeze works, why it raises so much revenue, why experts say it hits poorer households harder, and what it means for workers, pensioners, and businesses over the rest of the decade.

IFS Says Reeves’ Budget Lacks Tax Reform Needed to Unlock UK Growth

Rachel Reeves entered the 2025 Autumn Budget promising stability, credibility and long-term growth. Instead, Britain emerged with a record tax burden, frozen thresholds stretching into the next decade, and a chorus of economists asking why such a big tax rise delivered so little by way of genuine reform.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has delivered one of the sharpest verdicts. Its director Helen Miller described the Budget as a government “trying to scrape through”, warning that chancellors keep shying away from the kind of deep tax reform that could “move the dial” on growth. Institute for Fiscal Studies

This article looks at what Reeves actually announced, why the IFS and other thinktanks are so critical, and what it all means for households, businesses and the wider economy.