Assessing the budget
27 November 2025, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Location: Online
Think tank: UK in a Changing Europe
This event hosted by UK think tank UK in a Changing Europe assesses what happened at the budget and what it all means.
On Wednesday 26 November, Rachel Reeves will deliver her second budget as chancellor against a backdrop of low growth and productivity, gloomy forecasts and speculation about manifesto-breaking tax rises and significant spending cuts.
UK in a Changing Europe is assembling its top economics panel (yes, like the Avengers) – Jill Rutter, Jonathan Portes, Gemma Tetlow and Ben Chu – to assess what happened and what it all means.
What were the key decisions taken? Who will they affect and how? How will both the Parliamentary Labour Party and opposition parties react? And will it improve Labour’s dire performance in the polls?
Join us online the day after the budget to find out.
Speakers
Anand Menon – UK in a Changing Europe (Chair)
Ben Chu – BBC
Gemma Tetlow – Institute for Government
Jill Rutter – UK in a Changing Europe
Jonathan Portes – King’s College London
