This column often focusses on the UK’s national accounts – with good reason. Britain’s public finances are in a parlous state ...

WITHIN hours of Rachel Reeves giving a speech about boosting economic growth, my hairdresser tearfully shut her salon after a ...

Matters have not improved since. A YouGov poll this week put Reform ahead of Labour for the first time – by 25 per cent to 24 ...

Keir Starmer delivered a savage jibe at Liz Truss ... unexpectedly dipped to 2.5% in welcome news to Chancellor Rachel Reeves. Responding to an attack by Ms Badenoch he said: "We had to deal ...

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Sir Keir Starmer has insisted Rachel Reeves will remain Chancellor for 'many years' as he clashed with Kemi Badenoch over the economy, Tulip Siddiq's resignation and the Chagos Islands 'surrender ...

Keir Starmer has insisted Rachel Reeves is doing a “fantastic job” amid mounting criticism of her performance as chancellor. The prime minister gave her a huge vote of confidence amid fresh turmoil ...

but is the prime minister to blame for encouraging speculation about Rachel Reeves’s future when he failed to answer it, twice, after his speech on the great opportunities of AI? Keir Starmer ...

Rachel Reeves is under intense pressure after Sir Keir Starmer refused to guarantee her long-term future in No 11 as the value of the pound fell and Government borrowing costs remained high.

Rachel Reeves will publish a tax return ... Hunt published tax figures while they were in Government, as Sir Keir did in ...

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