Budget 2024 – Full Fact

8 June 2026

Appears on track

Government Tracker

Is the government on course to meet its fiscal rules?

Full Fact examines whether Labour is on track to meet its “non-negotiable” fiscal rules for the government finances. Read

Gov Tracker

4 November 2024

Budget 2024: Was Labour's manifesto clear with voters during the last general election?

By Full Fact Team • 3 mins

The 2024 Autumn Budget has been and gone but the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves and Labour has faced criticism about how clear they were with voters in their manifesto about tax rises. Read

Comment

1 November 2024

Economy, Business & Finance

Living standards are still forecast to rise following the Budget—but it’s a smaller rise than was expected before

By Hannah Smith • 2 mins

Shadow chancellor Jeremy Hunt claimed Labour’s Budget was going to mean “lower living standards”. Read

Fact checks

29 October 2024

Economy, Business & Finance

How much are we spending on health?

By Leo Benedictus • 3 mins

Our quick explainer on the state of UK health spending helps put the Autumn 2024 Budget in context. Read

Analysis

29 October 2024

Economy, Business & Finance

Autumn Budget 2024: fact checked

By Full Fact Team • 8 mins

Our round-up looks at several claims from Rachel Reeves’ first Budget as chancellor—on National Insurance, growth, bus fares and more. Read

Fact checks

28 October 2024

Economy, Business & Finance

What does Labour mean when it talks about “working people”?

By Hannah Smith • 5 mins

Ahead of the Autumn Budget, Full Fact investigated a term Labour politicians haven’t given a consistent definition of, despite it featuring in the party’s manifesto. Read

Analysis

24 October 2024

Economy, Business & Finance

Supermassive black hole: how big is the fiscal challenge facing Rachel Reeves?

By Hannah Smith • 5 mins

A number of figures supposedly showed the size of the ‘black hole’ in the government’s spending plans had been circulating ahead of the Autumn Budget. We took a look at what they actually mean. Read

Analysis

24 October 2024

Economy, Business & Finance

Is Labour right to claim there’s a £22 billion ‘black hole’ in the public finances?

By Hannah Smith • 8 mins

It’s been a key government claim since the election and featured heavily in the Budget - but what does it actually mean? Read

Fact checks