Is Anyone Actually Happy About Rachel Reeves’ Budget?

Rachel Reeves unveiled Labour’s first Budget in almost 15 years, which included the biggest tax-raising Budget in history, sparking backlash from various sectors. Pub-goers were pleased with a 1p decrease in the price of a pint, while the NHS received a £22.6bn cash injection. Welsh miners will receive a pension scheme payout, workers on minimum wage saw an increase, and drivers welcomed a freeze in fuel duty. Compensation was allocated for infected blood scandal victims and Post Office Horizon scandal victims, though concerns were raised about the funding amount. Pensioners will see a rise in their state pension but feel hard done by due to means-tested winter fuel payments and increased bus fare caps.

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