What is the Budget and when is it announced?

Labour will deliver its first Budget in over 14 years this month and Keir Starmer has warned it will be “painful”. For those too embarrassed to ask: what is the Budget and when is it announced?

Chancellor Rachel Reeves in front of 11 Downing Street
Rachel Reeves, the UK's first female chancellor, will deliver the Budget on 30 October
(Image credit: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Before Keir Starmer had even secured his election victory, commentators were already speculating about when Labour’s first Budget would take place.

Upon winning the keys to 10 Downing Street, Starmer quickly appointed Rachel Reeves as the UK’s first female chancellor. She then set a date of 30 October, as speculation shifted to what measures the Budget might contain.

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Katie Williams
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