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UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers tax-raising Autumn Budget 2024

On 30 October 2024 Rachel Reeves delivered Labour's first Budget in 14 years, raising taxes by about £40 billion, chiefly through a 1.2-point increase in employers' National Insurance to 15% and a lower threshold. In the causal graph this event strengthens Cost-of-Living Pressure, a driver that weakens Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) — an improving welfare path.

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On 30 October 2024 Rachel Reeves delivered Labour's first Budget in 14 years, raising taxes by about £40 billion, chiefly through a 1.2-point increase in employers' National Insurance to 15% and a lower threshold. The government changed the fiscal framework and set out more than £100 billion of additional public investment over five years. The Office for Budget Responsibility assessed higher spending, taxation and borrowing relative to previous plans and only a small change to medium-term growth.

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What changed

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    1. FactUK Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers tax-raising Autumn Budget 2024
    2. strengthensDriverCost-of-Living Pressure
    3. weakensIndicators (4)Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
    Mixed path

    impact weight 0.35 · Effect from 30 October 2024 · verified

    The Budget mixes higher business taxes (which can pass through to prices and wages) with extra public investment and support; the net effect on household cost-of-living pressure is ambiguous, so direction is neutral.

    All indicators on this path (4)

    • Under-five mortality rate (global)

      via Cost-of-Living Pressure

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.1 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.3)

      Observed

      37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births · 12.4 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      7 readings, 2018–2024: fell from 40 deaths per 1,000 live births to 37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births.

      Above normal = worse

Causal path

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  1. FactUK Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers tax-raising Autumn Budget 2024
  2. strengthensDriverCost-of-Living Pressure
  3. weakensIndicatorUnemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)

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Factrail. (2026). UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers tax-raising Autumn Budget 2024. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/econ-fact-reeves-2024-autumn-budget

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