Entry-level opportunities have plunged as Reeves’s tax raid hammers hospitality and retail

The number of people on payrolls has fallen to its lowest level since October 2023, official figures showed, in the wake of Rachel Reeves’s tax raid on businesses.

Entry-level opportunities have plunged as Reeves’s tax raid hammers hospitality and retail

It is the most dismal start to any Chancellor’s time in office of recent years – and it’s only going to get worse from here

Labour’s own pledges prevent the Chancellor from balancing the books