Chancellor Rachel Reeves MP will present her first Budget on 30 October after yesterday announcing plans for £22bn of government spending cuts to plug a hole in government finances.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will today commit the Government to one major fiscal event per year to end “surprise budgets”, which have caused uncertainty for markets and family finances across the country. 

Spring Budget 2024 speech as delivered by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt on 6 March 2024 (transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered)

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme plans to increase its workforce by about 25% by 2024/25 to cope with a surge in complex cases, the body has confirmed to Financial Planning Today.