How to watch the Budget 2025 live? BBC, ITV, and Sky coverage plans for Rachel Reeves’ speech
Broadcast plans for the 2025 Budget have been confirmed 📺
- Rachel Reeves is set to reveal the 2025 Budget.
- It arrives a month later than last year’s announcement.
- But how can you watch the statement live?
Rachel Reeves is gearing up to announce the Autumn Budget for 2025. The Chancellor is set to reveal her plans after much speculation.
Broadcasters have confirmed their plans for covering the speech, in which the key Labour politician will lay out financial plans for the next year. It reportedly includes policies such as a mansion tax.
But how can you follow the speech and all the announcements at home? Here’s all you need to know:
What time does the Budget start?
It has been a much longer wait for this year’s Budget compared to the 2024 edition. The previous one took place in October last year, a month earlier than 2025’s one.
Rachel Reeves is set to announce the Budget today (November 26) and it will follow Prime Minister’s Questions in Parliament. PMQs is due to start at 12.30pm, as usual, and the budget is expected to last for around an hour in total.
How to watch the Budget 2025 live?
Viewers will not be short of options when it comes to watching the 2025 Budget. There is set to be plenty of coverage across the main TV channels and news networks in the coming hours.
It is set to be broadcast live on BBC Two with Politics Live: Budget 2025 set to start at 11.15am. The coverage will also be available on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Parliament channel.
ITV will also be carrying coverage of the Budget today - with it set to be live on ITV1. The broadcaster’s programme is set to start at 12.15pm and will cover the speech live.
It can also be watched on Parliament TV, Radio Times reports. You can also follow the Budget live on news channels like Sky News and BBC News, as well as other outlets.
See five of the predicted announcements that are expected to be made in the Budget. Plus learn how the mansion tax could work for homeowners.