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Plugging the gap: Nine bold ideas for Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget (part 1)

The chancellor has an opportunity to reform the tax system in its entirety. Will she seize it?

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Zoe Grunewald and The Lead
Sep 25, 2025
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Well, I don’t know about you, but I’m glad I’m not Rachel Reeves.

While many MPs were soaking up the last of the summer sun, the Chancellor was holed up in No.11, no doubt wishing she could be anywhere else.

This autumn, she faces an exhausting equation. Public finances are tight, and voters are impatient for visible…

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