The Latest Breaking News from Louise Haigh

Rachel Reeves boosts big business as she caps corporation tax at 25% and woos investment in Britain

Fourth big tax freeze as chancellor makes bold offer to attract top global firms to UK

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2024

The Guardian view on Labour wooing private investors: don’t trade social protections for growth

Editorial: If Labour is committed to championing ‘working people’, the British state must mediate between workers and capital, rejecting corporate dominance

The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2024

Britain hosts an international investment summit and denies snubbing Elon Musk

Britain’s new Labour Party government is announcing billions of pounds in investment in U.K. artificial intelligence, life sciences and infrastructure at a business summit

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2024

P&O Ferries not rogue, says business secretary after cabinet rift

Jonathan Reynolds continues damage limitation effort after colleague Louise Haigh called firm a ‘rogue operator’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2024

Business secretary slaps down Louise Haigh over P&O Ferries ‘rogue operator’ row

Jonathan Reynolds said Louise Haigh was not speaking for the government when she dubbed P&O Ferries a ‘rogue operator’ and called for the firm to be boycotted

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2024

Government had to ‘have a conversation’ with DP World to salvage £1 billion investment

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds was asked how close the Government came to losing DP World’s planned £1 billion investment.

Evening Standard · Oct 13, 2024

It’s been 100 first days of woe but Keir Starmer should take heart, Tony Blair’s weren’t a picnic either

Avoidable mistakes and now a brutal reshuffle have pushed Labour’s approval ratings off a cliff. Thankfully, it’s all fixable

The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2024

Starmer steps into cabinet row over P&O to rescue global summit in London

The PM has backed transport secretary Louise Haigh after she called ferry firm a ‘rogue operator’, threatening investment summit

The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2024

P&O owner to attend investment summit after Starmer disowns minister’s ‘boycott’ comments

The firm will now attend Monday's gathering of 300 business leaders

Evening Standard · Oct 12, 2024

Union boss warns Starmer’s attacks on Haigh ‘unacceptable’ in P&O investment row

Exclusive: Allies of transport secretary Louise Haigh are rallying to her support after Keir Starmer appeared to criticise her following the decision of P&O Ferry’s owner to cancel plans for £1bn investment in the UK

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2024