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The first budget of the Labour Government is released

Today, Rachel Reeves started fixing Britain's foundations. We're delivering on the priorities we were elected upon - investing in the NHS, investing in schools and protecting your payslip.


Here's just some of what the new Labour Government announced today to deliver change for Britain, Yorkshire, and our community:


๐๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐“๐š๐ฑ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž - a promise made, and a promise fulfilled.


ย Increasing the employment allowance - that's ยฃ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ,๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ'๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ.


ย ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ. Increase the National Living Wage to ยฃ12.21 an hour, and increasing the National Minimum Wage for 18-21 year olds.


ย ๐„๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  Mineworkers' Pension Scheme ๐ข๐ง๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž - returning over ยฃ1 billion to ex-mineworkers.


ย ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ% ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ, hospitality, and leisure sectors.


ย ๐…๐‘๐„๐„๐™๐ˆ๐๐† ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ - drivers will see no rise at the pumps next year.


ย ๐“๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค๐Ÿ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ, so children don't go to school hungry.


ย ยฃ2.3bn for core schools budget, ยฃ๐Ÿ๐›๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐„๐๐ƒ, ยฃ6.7bn to rebuild crumbling schools.


ย Invest over ยฃ500 million to drive rural broadband rollout, connecting our communities.

ย ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ก ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐‡๐’ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ outside of Covid - ending some of the hardest times in NHS history.


ย The largest ever budget directed at sustainable food production and nature's recovery in our country's history.


ย ๐‚๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ญ in your local.


ย Compensation for the ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐’๐œ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ฅ.


ย ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ซ'๐ฌ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž since its introduction.


ย ยฃ๐Ÿ ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐ to support those struggling with the cost of living.


ย ๐”๐ง๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐š๐ฑ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–.


ย ยฃ500m to ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฑ ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ.


ย ๐‘๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฉ, protecting passengers from the Tory cliff edge.

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