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Your guide to the autumn Budget

The chancellor Rachel Reeves announced £40bn in tax rises in today's Budget. Here's how the government's plans will affect businesses

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Today marks the first Labour Budget in almost 15 years. Much of what was announced in the House of Commons had already been trailed in the media, nevertheless there is plenty in there for business leaders to get their heads around.

But there is only one place to start this newsletter. And that’s with fax machines. As you may have seen, it has emerged that one of the UK’s leading rail operators is still using fax machines to communicate with staff…. 

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