This Budget will show who the government is really for – and who it’s against. Our three tests:

1️⃣ Is it fair, asking more of those with the broadest shoulders?
2️⃣ Does it cut the cost of living?
3️⃣ Is it pro-growth and reassuring to markets?

📺 @carsjung.bsky.social on @gbnewsonline.bsky.social 👇

The tax system is dysfunctional. It taxes workers more than the wealthy and it's riddled with inefficiencies. Tomorrow's Budget is a chance to fix that.

📺 @rachaelhenry.bsky.social on @gbnewsonline.bsky.social 👇

Should the government use tomorrow's Budget to abolish the two-child benefit cap?

📺 @rachaelhenry.bsky.social makes the case for taxing gambling companies to pay for it on @gbnewsonline.bsky.social 👇

💼 Tomorrow’s Budget is a big test. Here are the five steps Rachel Reeves should take - via @rachaelhenry.bsky.social

There was a target back in 2018 to halve childhood obesity. But new data shows that one in ten children in reception and one in five year 6 children are living with obesity.

🪙 What is the Budget and why does it matter for you?

Read more from @carsjung.bsky.social on what the government should do next week 🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/fairness-first-how-the-budget-can-make-life-better-and-the-economy-stronger

Families are being left to fend for themselves as the NHS is struggling to support parents. If we want a more preventative NHS, we must start by backing parents with the support they need to keep their children healthy.

Find out more here: www.ippr.org/articles/it-...

Patchy advice is pushing new parents online, exposing them to misinformation and overload—and making it even harder to know how to keep their children healthy.

Read our new report here: www.ippr.org/articles/it-...

Cost of living pressures are biting hard. In this clip, @carsjung.bsky.social breaks down shrinkflation ahead of the Budget 🍫
Our latest blog sets out what the government should do next week to ease the squeeze on households 👉 www.ippr.org/articles/fai...

'There's no reason that terraced house in Blackpool should be paying more tax than a mansion in Kensington.' @rachaelhenry.bsky.social on LBC News. Read our solutions to the UK's broken tax system 🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/fairness-first-how-the-budget-can-make-life-better-and-the-economy-stronger

An effective, humane way to manage migration? @marleymorris.bsky.social discusses the potential of the one in, one out scheme on TalkTV 🎥

Closing tax loopholes isn't bad for growth - it boosts efficiency and protects demand. The chancellor can raise tens of billions by targeting unfair wealth, landlords, banks and gambling companies, without hurting GDP. @rachaelhenry.bsky.social for @lbc.co.uk 👇

The current council tax system is unfair, inefficient, and long past its sell-by date.

📻 @harryqp.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4 Today this morning 👇