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Reeves denies UK on path to austerity as she confirms 15% Civil Service cuts

It comes after a backlash to cuts to welfare spending and a decision to slash the aid budget to fund a boost to defence spending.

The Independent UK

Ex-Tory minister refuses to admit country faced recession under Conservatives

A former Tory minister has refused to accept the economy went into recession when Rishi Sunak was prime minister.

The Independent UK

Chancellor ‘determined to turn around’ economy amid surprise fall in GDP

Figures revealed a surprise contraction in the economy in January, in a blow to Rachel Reeves ahead of her spring statement.

Evening Standard

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Minister rejects Tory claim that pubs will be banned from selling pints

An Opposition motion had suggested new legislation would allow ministers to replace the British pint.

Evening Standard

UK Inflation Surges to 3% in Another Blow for Rachel Reeves as Families Feel the Squeeze

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Mel Stride fails to take off when given the chance to talk about Heathrow

Shadow chancellor has few opportunities to make a mark, and this time he returned to the land of futility after just six minutes

The Guardian - UK

Reeves rejects Heathrow expansion critics, saying answer ‘cannot always be no’

The Chancellor said the economy will stagnate if you ‘always give in’ to objections.

Evening Standard

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Reeves looks to the skies in search of economic growth with support for Heathrow

Rachel Reeves put support for a third runway at the London hub airport at the heart of her plan to kickstart the UK economy.

Evening Standard

Starmer vows to clear ‘regulatory weeds’ ahead of Reeves growth speech

Writing in The Times, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer criticised the ‘morass of regulation that effectively bans billions of pounds’ of investment.

Evening Standard

Reeves warned ‘it’s crunch time’ as chancellor relaunches her economic growth agenda

Rachel Reeves will attempt to win back her credibility with business in a major speech today

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves to pledge to ‘fight’ for growth in economic speech

The Chancellor will claim the so-called ‘Oxford-Cambridge growth corridor’ has ‘the potential to be Europe’s Silicon Valley’.

Evening Standard

Reeves plans to soften non-dom reforms after listening to concerns

Downing Street said the move to soften non-dom reforms does not ‘change the overall approach’ to the Government’s policy.

Evening Standard

Reeves blasted over Davos investment drive while millionaire non-doms desert the UK

Labour chancellor will try to attract overseas investment at World Economic Forum meeting this week while row rages at home over tax changes for millionaire foreign nationals living in the UK

The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch in triple lock pensions row after saying Tories would look at means testing

The Tory leader insisted that ‘means-testing is something which we don’t do properly’ after being pressed on her plans for the pensions triple lock

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Evening Standard

No shadow cabinet members will be sacked in next four years – Badenoch spokesman

The Conservative leader is ‘very happy’ with her shadow cabinet, her spokesman said.

The Guardian - UK

Stride’s Hamlet gag saves Reeves from slings and arrows of economic fortune

Instead of evaluating chancellor’s performance, her shadow apes rightwing press and calls for her sacking

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves refuses to rule out emergency spending cuts amid economic crisis fears

Downing Street left door open to an emergency Budget in the spring following the rising cost of government borrowing

Evening Standard

'Don't panic,' Chancellor Rachel Reeves urged after Pound's fall and rise in cost of Government borrowing

The Chancellor earlier rejected calls to pull out of a trip to China to deal with economic woes in the UK

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Rachel Reeves faces questions over future in Hamlet-inspired Tory attack

The Chancellor insisted leadership is ‘not about ducking these challenges’ as she defended her handling of the economy.

The Independent UK

Reeves returns from China to new crisis in top UK business confidence amid economic woes

A survey by Deloitte of the chief finance officers of major companies has revealed that business confidence is at one of its lowest points since the Covid-19 pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer ‘will act on findings of Tulip Siddiq investigation regardless of outcome’

Minister hits back after Tories call for PM to sack anti-corruption minister at centre of Bangladesh property row

Evening Standard

Badenoch has ‘clear direction’ for Tories but policy takes time – Stride

Shadow chancellor Mel Stride defended his party leader Kemi Badenoch after criticism of her lack of policy decisions.

Evening Standard

Chinese investment of £600 million in UK ‘a start’, says Cabinet minister

Science Secretary Peter Kyle said the Chancellor has returned from China with ‘solid commitments for investment’.

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves heads to China as pressure mounts as market turmoil derails government’s economic strategy

The Chancellor has been criticised for continuing with a planned visit to China amid rising yields on government bonds

The Independent UK

Reeves faces pressure to balance the books as borrowing costs rise

The Chancellor has been criticised for continuing with a planned visit to China amid rising yields on government bonds.

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