Chancellor Rachel Reeves has backed Heathrow's latest plans for a third runway, saying it's "so important" for Britain to "trade with countries around the world". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook..
Sizewell C nuclear power plant construction to cost £38bn as investors sign deal. Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the development would reduce the UK’s reliance on “foreign dictators” for energy...
Rachel Reeves unveils proposals to reform the UK’s financial sector and boost the economy and retail investment. The chancellor was speaking at the annual Financial & Professional Services Dinner at..
Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith calls on chancellor Rachel Reeves to rule out tax rises on wealth creators ahead of her Mansion House speech this evening – warning that ‘another summer of..
Chancellor Rachel Reeves says it is "clear" she was "upset" at PMQs on Wednesday, adding the reason she was tearful was down to a "personal issue". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at..
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he has "every faith" in his chancellor, a day after Rachel Reeves appeared tearful at PMQs, sparking rumours about her future. Report by Brooksl. Like us on..
Sir Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves and Wes Streeting tour a health facility in east London, as the government sets out its 10-year plan for the NHS. The chancellor could be seen smiling and laughing with..
Mel Stride has appeared to distance himself from Robert Jenrick, who earlier posted a video on social media claiming Rachel Reeves' career as chancellor was "dead". The shadow chancellor adds,..
Sir Keir Starmer sits next to a smiling Rachel Reeves at a health facility in London, a day after the chancellor appeared tearful at PMQs. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at..
Mel Stride admits he felt "very upset" seeing a tearful Rachel Reeves sitting opposite him at PMQs in the House of Commons. The shadow chancellor adds that he sent her a message to make sure she was..
Watch live as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces Parliament during Prime Minister’s Questions. Amid mounting pressure over Labour’s welfare U-turn, Starmer offers public support for Chancellor..
The Princess of Wales speaks to patients and staff during a visit to the Royal Horticultural Society's Wellbeing Garden at Colchester Hospital in Essex. Kate also did a spot of gardening, planting some..
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds visit a business in Nuneaton to promote the government’s new industrial strategy Report by Blairm...
Rachel Reeves doesn’t say whether the UK believes strikes by the US on Iran were legal. The Chancellor tells broadcasters during a visit in the West Midlands: "It is up to the US to make that case...
Following the Bank of England’s decision to leave UK interest rates at 4.25%, Rachel Reeves says the government respects the Bank's decision. Speaking at the Times CEO Summit in central London, the..
Rachel Reeves says it is "disappointing" to have a month of "bad data", as the latest figures show the UK economy shrunk by 0.3% in April, a figure higher than expected. But the chancellor says U.S...
Rachel Reeves has hailed the government's "significant progress" to get NHS hospital waiting lists down by almost a quarter of a million. The chancellor adds the extra funding for the NHS in..
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has delivered her first spending review in the House of Commons, giving an indication of the government’s priorities and direction of travel until the end of the current..
Rachel Reeves joined Wes Streeting on a tour of St Thomas' Hospital following a £29 billion-a-year rise in NHS funding announced in House of Commons earlier today. Report by Gluszczykm. Like us on..
Rachel Reeves said council tax will not rise above 5% a year, sticking to the limit set by the previous government. She said the money supports local services like social care and policing. Report by..
MP for Richmond Park Sarah Olney welcomed the spending review’s investment into social care but said she remains concerned about the lack of money for police in London.
It comes as Chancellor Rachel..
Rachel Reeves said the use of hotels to house asylum seekers will end this Parliament. She pledged funding to cut the backlog, hear more appeals and return those with no right to stay. The changes aim..
Shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride called Rachel Reeves’ plans a “spend-now, tax-later review”, warning she’ll return in autumn with “yet more taxes”. He said the review is “not worth the..
The Government is increasing real-terms day to day spending in the NHS by 3% per year for every year of the review period, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced, providing an extra “£29 billion per..
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will travel to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos this week to court potential investors in UK growth projects, joining hundreds of political and economic leaders.. Sky News - Published
A fall in December's CPI inflation of 0.1 percentage points to 2.5% is marginal, but by being below expectations it delivered an above-expectations boost to Rachel Reeves. Sky News - Published
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been accused of refusing to "face up to her own failures" by "jetting off to Beijing" during a week of market turmoil. Sky News - Published
The health secretary has said that the cabinet is aware of the "pressure" on Chancellor Rachel Reeves amid volatile markets and a challenging broader economic picture - but appealed for the public to.. Sky News - Published
Given gilt yields are rising, the pound is falling and, all things considered, markets look pretty hairy back in the UK, it's quite likely Rachel Reeves' trip to China gets overshadowed by noises off. Sky News - Published
The chancellor is under pressure because financial market moves have pushed up the cost of government borrowing, putting Rachel Reeves' economic plans in peril. Sky News - Published
How worried should Rachel Reeves be about the fact that the interest rates on government bonds have leapt to the highest level in more than a quarter of a century? Sky News - Published
Rachel Reeves is on course to tighten Whitehall public service budgets further than expected in the spending review because of the worsening economic outlook, Sky News can reveal. Sky News - Published
Andrew Bailey, the Bank of England governor, will join Rachel Reeves on a visit to China next month aimed at strengthening financial services trade ties between the two countries. Sky News - Published
Retail giants including Asda, Marks & Spencer, Primark and Tesco will mount a new year campaign to warn Rachel Reeves that plans to hike business rates on larger shops will put jobs and stores under.. Sky News - Published
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said most Waspi women knew the state pension age was changing so it was not "the best use of taxpayers' money to pay an expensive compensation bill". Sky News - Published
Rachel Reeves has said she is "determined" government departments will find 5% savings through a crackdown on "wasteful spending". Sky News - Published
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said she is "overwhelmed" by the response to the UK's first attendance at an EU finance ministers' meeting since Brexit. Sky News - Published
The government will look into rules on the number of electric vehicles carmakers must produce each year, Rachel Reeves has announced. Sky News - Published
Britain's biggest airports are joining the growing private sector backlash against Rachel Reeves's budget, warning that a £1bn business rates bill for the industry will trigger the cancellation of.. Sky News - Published
Sir Keir Starmer has said he is "absolutely" still confident in Chancellor Rachel Reeves after her financial plans sparked rows with pensioners, farmers and employers. Sky News - Published
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has criticised post-financial crash regulation, saying it has "gone too far" - setting a course for cutting red tape in her first speech to Britain's most important gathering.. Sky News - Published
Rachel Reeves will this weekend be told by some of Britain's biggest hospitality groups that the tax hikes imposed in last month's Budget risk triggering a tsunami of job losses across the sector. Sky News - Published
Rachel Reeves has said she is "confident" trade flows with the United States will continue under President-elect Donald Trump despite his proposal to put up tariffs. Sky News - Published
Rachel Reeves has admitted she was "wrong" to say higher taxes were not needed during the election campaign - but businesses will have to make less money or pay staff less to cover their tax increase. Sky News - Published
UK markets stabilised on Friday, offering some reassurance to Rachel Reeves as investors, policy makers and business continued to absorb the scale and implications of her first budget. Sky News - Published
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said the NHS must "live within that budget" given to them - despite concerns being raised by GP surgeries over the increase to employers' national insurance contributions. Sky News - Published
Rachel Reeves' changes to agricultural inheritance tax could lead to food price rises and will have a "catastrophic" impact on family farms, farmers have warned. Sky News - Published
Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, is drawing up plans for a visit to China early next year that would include resuming a key financial services trade summit for the first time since 2019. Sky News - Published
Rachel Reeves has said her ambition is for the UK to be "the best place to start and grow a business" as she promised Labour will bring investment to Britain. Sky News - Published
Rachel Reeves will pledge there will be "no return" to austerity under a Labour government as it continues to come under criticism in the row over donations. Sky News - Published
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has signalled her first budget as chancellor could be a painful mix of spending cuts, tax rises and increased borrowing. Sky News - Published
Firebrand union leader Sharon Graham has told Sky News that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is guilty of "picking the pockets of pensioners" by cutting winter fuel payments. Sky News - Published
The Green Party will demand the government introduces a wealth tax when Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers her first budget next month. Sky News - Published
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been urged to impose a pay-per-mile scheme on British drivers to avoid a "black hole" from lost fuel duty revenue. Sky News - Published
It is "laughable" for Rachel Reeves to claim she didn't know the full state of the public finances until she took office, Ruth Davidson has said. Sky News - Published
The chancellor has accused her predecessor Jeremy Hunt of deliberately covering up the truth about the state of the UK's finances. Sky News - Published
Rachel Reeves' statement on Monday was about using the past to justify the future: marking the most significant deviation from the platform for government which Labour spent months preparing and.. Sky News - Published
Rachel Reeves has strongly hinted there will be tax rises in the autumn budget as she promised to be "honest" about "difficult" decisions that lie ahead. Sky News - Published
Rachel Reeves has accused her predecessor of hiding a "£22bn funding gap" for the current financial year, as she announced a series of "tough decisions" to compensate. Sky News - Published
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has scrapped some winter fuel payments - along with a raft of other government programmes and policies to plug a projected government overspend of £22bn. Sky News - Published
Rachel Reeves will signal Labour's plans to cut government departments and the Civil Service as the new administration looks to accuse Rishi Sunak of "covering up" problems with the economy. Sky News - Published
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised to "fix" the "mess" the Conservative government left in the economy, amid reports of a £20bn "black hole" in the public finances. Sky News - Published
Rachel Reeves will echo one of the great cameos in cinema history on Monday, when she updates Parliament on the findings of a Treasury audit of the public finances. Sky News - Published
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced mandatory housing targets and an end to the onshore wind ban to get "Britain building again". Sky News - Published
Labour's shadow chancellor has said "working people are people who go out to work" after the party has repeatedly said it would not raise taxes for "working people". Sky News - Published
A claim made by Rachel Reeves that the Tory manifesto would increase mortgages by over £4,000 is "very speculative" and based on "multiple assumptions", a leading charity has said. Sky News - Published
Rachel Reeves has refused to rule out tax rises beyond income tax, national insurance and corporation tax if Labour finds a black hole in the public finances once it enters government. Sky News - Published
It has been fewer than two years since Labour's shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves told Tory MP Natalie Elphicke to "f*** off" for criticising Marcus Rashford at the Euros. Now they are colleagues. Sky News - Published