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Finance Act 2026

The bill has been signed off by the King and is now law.

Official title: Finance Act 2026

  1. 1Introduced1st reading
  2. 2Main debate2nd reading
  3. 3Detailed checksCommittee
  4. 4ChangesReport stage
  5. 5Final vote3rd reading
  6. 6Other houseLords or Commons
  7. 7Becomes lawRoyal Assent

Nothing more. This bill is now law.

Put forward by Rachel Reeves, Lord Livermore.

Votes so far

No Commons votes on this bill in the last 12 months.

Full timeline
DateStageHouse
2 Dec 20251st readingCommons
16 Dec 20252nd readingCommons
16 Dec 2025Programme motionCommons
12 Jan 2026, 13 Jan 2026Committee of the whole HouseCommons
27 Jan 2026, 29 Jan 2026, 3 Feb 2026Committee stageCommons
11 Mar 2026Ways and Means resolutionCommons
11 Mar 2026Ways and Means resolutionCommons
11 Mar 2026Report stageCommons
11 Mar 20263rd readingCommons
12 Mar 20261st readingLords
17 Mar 20262nd readingLords
17 Mar 2026Committee negativedLords
17 Mar 2026, 17 Mar 20263rd readingLords
18 Mar 2026Royal AssentUnassigned

In the bill’s own words: A Bill to make provision in connection with finance.

Official page on Parliament’s site

Source: Parliament Bills API · Commons votes from the Commons Votes API.