The Treasury has announced the Budget will take place on 26 November:
The Chancellor @RachelReevesMP has commissioned the @OBR_UK to prepare an economic and fiscal forecast to be presented to @UKParliament alongside the Budget on 26 November 2025. pic.twitter.com/u3STOrS3NQ
— HM Treasury (@hmtreasury) September 3, 2025
The Chancellor says in an accompanying video: “Britain’s economy isn’t broken. But I do know that it’s not working well enough for working people.” Reeves is hoping gilt yields will come down by then…
Douglas Alexander – a friend of Starmer’s – was asked on Sky News if the PM will be in post at the next election. He wasn’t so sure himself:
“I think he will. There are no certainties but of course I think he will lead and I think he should because, frankly, on the biggest call in this parliament he’s exercised the right judgment, which is to keep us out of someone else’s war.”