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The Latest Breaking News from Rachel Reeves

Starmer seeks to wrest back policy control from Treasury in No 10 shake-up

Prime minister brings in chancellor’s deputy and former Bank of England chief to newly created senior roles

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2025

Reshuffle gymnastics prepare Starmer to walk tricky budget tightrope

Economists say new team could help push back against Treasury but PM needs to spell out what he stands for

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2025

Starmer’s reshuffle and stories about Rayner reveal trouble at the top of the Labour party

NEWS ANALYSIS: Keir Starmer has attempted to take back control of his government with a mini-reshuffle on MPs return from recess. But tension at the top of the party has not gone away, political editor David Maddox reports

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2025

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Voices: Rachel Reeves risks becoming the ‘Chino Chancellor’ – chancellor in name only

COMMENT: By hiring Treasury second-in-command Darren Jones to work with him in No 10, with a new high-powered team of economic aides, Keir Starmer has effectively downgraded his chancellor, says Simon Walters

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2025

Starmer insists Downing Street shake-up is ‘second phase’ not reshuffle

The Prime Minister said he wanted to focus on ‘delivery, delivery, delivery’.

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2025

Voices: Starmer’s mini-reshuffle will help restore the authority that won Labour power

COMMENT: By bringing Darren Jones over from the Treasury, among other moves, the PM’s revamp is less a snub to Rachel Reeves than an admission that Labour cannot afford to rely on its election glow to sustain it, says Chris Blackhurst

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2025

Keir Starmer brings back ex-Tony Blair comms chief in mini-reshuffle

Keir Starmer has brought back a former adviser in Tony Blair's government as part of a mini-reshuffle of the UK Cabinet ...

The National (Scotland) · Sep 1, 2025

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Reeves says Thames Water should find ‘market-based solution’

Chancellor aims to reassure creditors but says ministers are planning for all options including special administration

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2025

Starmer appoints Darren Jones to new role as PM’s chief secretary

Mr Jones will be based at No 10 and ‘directly oversee work across Government to support the delivery of the Prime Minister’s priorities’.

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2025

Rising star Darren Jones named chief secretary to PM in Downing Street shake-up

Mr Jones will be based at No 10 and ‘directly oversee work across Government to support the delivery of the Prime Minister’s priorities’.

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2025

Keir Starmer shakes up Downing St team with mini-reshuffle

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The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2025

Reeves sidelined as Starmer hires new economic team in surprise reshuffle

The prime minister has moved to get a grip on the political agenda after a torrid year and also sacked his director of communications

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2025

Monday briefing: As parliament returns, can Labour claw back the narrative from Reform?

In today’s newsletter: Nigel Farage ploughed ahead in the polls over recess, and Keir Starmer is now under pressure to define what his party stands for

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2025

London is picking up the bill for the 6.5 million people on out-of-work benefits

The number of people claiming state cash is spiralling. This issue is sending us into financial freefall

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2025

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The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2025

Defiant Reeves admits working people ‘feel stuck’ but insists Britain is not broken

Exclusive: Rachel Reeves launches her post-summer fightback with a boost for working parents as she tackles critics of Labour’s plans and the economy

Evening Standard · Aug 31, 2025

Change windfall tax to make £137bn by 2050, Chancellor told

Offshore Energy UK said the the energy profits levy should be replaced next year with a profits-based mechanism.

Evening Standard · Aug 31, 2025

Tories challenge Rachel Reeves to rule out ‘damaging property taxes’

The Chancellor will have to raise taxes or cut spending by around £51 billion to maintain her current level of ‘headroom’, experts say

The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2025

The budget, immigration, Trump’s visit: the tests lying in wait for Keir Starmer

There is no shortage of challenges for the PM as MPs head back to Westminster and he tries to get on the front foot

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The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2025

Rachel Reeves is under immense pressure. She must not waste her chance to ‘go big’

Chancellor needs to reform an out-of-kilter tax system without alienating voters or spooking financial markets

The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2025

‘All the power is with the employer’: why zero-hours workers welcome Labour’s rights bill

Critics of the legislation want the government to water it down, but for many employees change can’t come too soon

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2025

Rachel Reeves given tax warning over manifesto pledge

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The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2025

Reeves warned she will have to break manifesto commitment on tax to deal with economic black hole

Leading economists have questioned strategy of ‘fiddling around’ with new small taxes – such as the mansion and gambling taxes – to avoid economic crisis

Evening Standard · Aug 29, 2025

Banks hold FTSE 100 back on windfall tax worry

The FTSE 100 index closed down 29.48 points, 0.3%, at 9,187.34.

Evening Standard · Aug 29, 2025

Phil Spencer: rumoured reforms to stamp duty and capital gains tax would be catastrophic for London

It’s difficult to exaggerate the disruption and distortion that would take place in the lead up to any changes, half of London would be on the market

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2025

Starmer names former Bank deputy governor as his chief economic adviser

Minouche Shafik quit Columbia University after controversy over anti-Israel protests on New York campus

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The Latest Breaking News from Rachel Reeves

Starmer seeks to wrest back policy control from Treasury in No 10 shake-up

Reshuffle gymnastics prepare Starmer to walk tricky budget tightrope

Starmer’s reshuffle and stories about Rayner reveal trouble at the top of the Labour party

Voices: Rachel Reeves risks becoming the ‘Chino Chancellor’ – chancellor in name only

Starmer insists Downing Street shake-up is ‘second phase’ not reshuffle

Voices: Starmer’s mini-reshuffle will help restore the authority that won Labour power

Keir Starmer brings back ex-Tony Blair comms chief in mini-reshuffle

Reeves says Thames Water should find ‘market-based solution’

Starmer appoints Darren Jones to new role as PM’s chief secretary

Rising star Darren Jones named chief secretary to PM in Downing Street shake-up

Keir Starmer shakes up Downing St team with mini-reshuffle

Reeves sidelined as Starmer hires new economic team in surprise reshuffle

Monday briefing: ​As parliament returns, can Labour claw back the narrative from Reform?

London is picking up the bill for the 6.5 million people on out-of-work benefits

Defiant Reeves admits working people ‘feel stuck’ but insists Britain is not broken

Change windfall tax to make £137bn by 2050, Chancellor told

Tories challenge Rachel Reeves to rule out ‘damaging property taxes’

The budget, immigration, Trump’s visit: the tests lying in wait for Keir Starmer

Rachel Reeves is under immense pressure. She must not waste her chance to ‘go big’

‘All the power is with the employer’: why zero-hours workers welcome Labour’s rights bill

Rachel Reeves given tax warning over manifesto pledge

Reeves warned she will have to break manifesto commitment on tax to deal with economic black hole

Banks hold FTSE 100 back on windfall tax worry

Phil Spencer: rumoured reforms to stamp duty and capital gains tax would be catastrophic for London

Starmer names former Bank deputy governor as his chief economic adviser

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Monday briefing: As parliament returns, can Labour claw back the narrative from Reform?