Autumn Budget 2025

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her Budget on 26 November 2025. Shaped by a fundamental tension, the Chancellor’s measures focused on the balance between immediate fiscal pressures, with the need for long-term investment and growth. This was a Budget firmly focused on restoring fiscal stability and strengthening the UK’s fiscal buffer to withstand future shocks in an increasingly uncertain economic and geopolitical environment.

Explore our full analysis and insights below.

Episode 2 How to turn Budget promises into real impact

Discover how to turn 2025 Budget commitments into real impact for communities. Explore delivery plans, local authority challenges, and practical solutions.

Phillip Woolley

| 27 min listen | 08 Jan 2026

Article Three VAT shifts you might have missed in the Budget

Did these VAT relief and penalty reforms from the Autumn Budget slip under your radar?

Karen Robb

| 5 min read | 12 Dec 2025

Article UK hospitality: Autumn Budget fails to impress

The reaction of the UK's hospitality sector to the Autumn Budget has been mixed – grateful to have been recognised, but frustrated that the measures didn't go far enough.

Philip Stephenson

| 5 min read | 09 Dec 2025

Alternatively Speaking Podcast Political promises v business reality

In this episode, Samantha Simmonds and expert guests explore whether the government can truly deliver for business without compromising its broader responsibilities.

29 min listen | 03 Dec 2025