Biggest Stealth Tax Rise Ever? – What Reeves’ Budget Means for Wales
This week, Ollie Cole, Jo Kiernan and Craig Lawton break down one of the biggest political weeks of the year, including Rachel Reeves’ long-trailed Westminster Budget and what it really means for Wales.
We analyse:
Why the Budget felt like “Groundhog Day”
The lifting of the two-child benefit cap and how it could lift 26,000 Welsh children out of poverty
The hidden impact of tax threshold freezes and the “biggest stealth tax rise ever”
Why Wales only gets limited wiggle room despite new Barnett funding and borrowing powers
Labour’s messaging ahead of the 2026 Senedd election
The Senedd vote…
The skinny
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