Tuesday, October 29, 2024 |
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Good news on the minimum wage |
Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, has just announced that she has accepted the recommendation of the Low Pay Commission that the minimum wage should rise by 7 per cent to £12.21 from next April.
The rates for young people and apprentices will go up by 16 and 18 per cent.
This helps offset some of the damage done by raising bus fares, without a big public spending commitment – although obviously it will cost some departments more to employ low-paid public-sector workers.
Some employers' groups warn that this will cost jobs, but most economists seem to think that we haven't reached that point yet, so this is welcome news.
As I have written for The Independent today, some of the pre-Budget spin and announcements have not gone down well. Perhaps this will put heart into Labour cheers when Reeves stands up to deliver her speech tomorrow. |
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| Javier Milei, president of Argentina, said the UK's decision to hand over the Chagos Islands sets a precedent |
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| Another headache for the chancellor as she tries to plug a £40bn fiscal gap |
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What else you need to know today |
- Anneliese Dodds, the foreign office minister, told the Commons that the Israeli government might delay its ban on UNWRA, the UN humanitarian agency in Palestine – answering an urgent question from Yasmin Qureshi, Labour MP for Bolton South and Walkden, she said: "We will continue to use every lever we have to put pressure on the Israeli government not to implement this legislation"
- Ask Me Anything about the Budget: get your questions in now and I will try to answer them at 4pm on Wednesday, after the Budget at 12.30pm
- Then on Thursday Andrew Grice is hosting another Ask Me Anything about the Tory leadership contest, with the result due to be announced on Saturday
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Starmer says 'working people' shouldn't fear the Budget – but who are they? |
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Tomorrow inside the Westminster bubble |
Our political commentator Andrew Grice on what to look out for |
Rachel Reeves will outline the main measures in her first Budget to the cabinet before being photographed with her Treasury ministers as they depart 11 Downing Street for the Commons. The first business will be questions on Scotland at 11.30am.
The chancellor, who will begin her Commons statement at 12.30pm, will dominate the day. But it will also bring the frontbench swansong of Rishi Sunak. The outgoing Conservative leader will have his last session of Prime Minister's Questions at noon and give the opposition's response to the Budget when Reeves sits down. At least, as the package has been so well trailed, Sunak should be able to avoid one of those pre-written opposition speeches which bear little resemblance to what the chancellor announces.
All eyes will be on the post-Budget briefing from the Office for Budget Responsibility fiscal watchdog at 2.30pm. Think tanks such as the Institute for Fiscal Studies will give their initial reaction.
Ministerial statements on the Budget's spending implications are due to include one on legal aid. |
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"I'm not Maggie. I'm not a chemist. I'm Kemi. I'm an engineer" Kemi Badenoch |
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Quiz answer: James Callaghan, from his time in the Navy, and who did not wear short-sleeved shirts because of it |
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