Posted in News Reeves’s Budget ‘to loosen planning rules and mount £2bn tax raid on banks as well as raising VAT’ in desperate attempt to balance the books October 6, 2025 The Chancellor is scrambling to fill an estimated £30billion black hole in the public finances before she presents her next tax and spend package on 26 November. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15165601/Rachel-Reeves-loosen-planning-rules-hit-banks-2bn-scrambles-balance-books-Budget.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490