Rachel Reeves's Budget Is Pushing Nick, 30, to Breaking Point

Rachel Reeves's Budget is pushing Nick, 30, to breaking point

Despite his above average income, Nick, 30, is living a below average life. And it’s only set to worsen thanks to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s Budget, writes Oliver Dean The Chancellor’s Budget took aim at Britain’s middle-income earners – the so-called ‘Nick, 30s’. Whilst she stayed true to her manifesto commitment regarding income tax, tax threshold freezes amongst other changes all make ordinary Britons worse off. Many of these people have reac…

I was Jeremy Hunt’s main political adviser and helped put together multiple Autumn Statements and Budgets. This is what I think Rachel Reeves’s Budget means for the countryside

Adam Smith, former chief of staff to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, reflects on what last week's Budget means for the countryside and how we ensure the rural voice is heard loudly inside Budget preparations.