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Rachel Reeves failed to raise Grangemouth with refinery owner days before closure

RACHEL Reeves failed to raise Grangemouth oil refinery days before it was set to close in a meeting with owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, it has been…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 17, 2025

Want more productivity, Rachel Reeves? It’s time to embrace Mancunian swagger

Manchester is closing the gap on London, with public money having helped to ‘crowd in’ a lot of private investment

The Guardian - UK · Aug 17, 2025

A UK headline wealth tax? It may be simpler to put up existing taxes

Amid party divisions and issues with data, pulling existing tax levers could be a more politically palatable option

The Guardian - UK · Aug 17, 2025

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OPINION - We need to do more to make the rich feel at home in London (yes, really)

Leafing through the programme at the theatre on Saturday night, the eyes were drawn as they usually are, to the section at the back where they list the benefactors. As ever, it was a question of seeing how many of them were familiar. But on this occasion, there was an…

Evening Standard · Aug 17, 2025

Could a wealth tax work in the UK? A visual guide

Rachel Reeves is under pressure to consider a new levy to help balance the books. We look at her options

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2025

How Spain put up wealth taxes – without chasing away the billionaires

Amid calls for Rachel Reeves to bring in a new levy for the super-rich, Madrid offers lessons for policymakers

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2025

What’s the secret to fixing the UK’s public finances? Here’s what our panel of experts would do

Unexpected growth in the UK economy isn’t enough to detract from the gaping hole in the country’s public finances. Speculation is ramping up about what steps the chancellor of the exchequer, Rachel Reeves, might take to plug the gap come the budget in autumn – and there are no shortage…

The Conversation · Aug 15, 2025

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Tractor tax more likely to hit working farmers than wealthy landowners, think tank tells Reeves

Labour chancellor warned over her planned inheritance tax raid on farms

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2025

Online fashion retailer Shein’s UK sales leap by a third to more than £2bn

Profits rise 56% to £38.2m in 2024 as company overtakes British rival Boohoo and closes in on Asos

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2025

Farmers ask for inheritance tax meeting with Rachel Reeves

NFU welcomes fresh evidence that planned changes may achieve their stated goal

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2025

Gaucho restaurants CEO issues stark warning to Reeves over tax hikes

More than 80,000 jobs in the sector have disappeared since April’s National Insurance Contributions rise

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2025

Voices: So the economy isn’t shrinking… but when will we feel any benefit, chancellor?

COMMENT: A 0.3 per cent rise in GDP is an unexpected filip for Rachel Reeves at the end of her first year in charge of the British economy, which is now the strongest in the G7 – but it could be bad news for those hoping to get a new…

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2025

UK tax data reportedly suggests claims of non-dom exodus overblown

HMRC figures appear to indicate departure of high net worth people is in line with OBR predictions, report says

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2025

Economic bounceback may be under way but Reeves cannot afford to relax

Growth of 0.3% is a positive sign but the chancellor still has major difficulties to confront

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2025

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Evening Standard · Aug 14, 2025

Reeves says rulings on tax must wait for Budget amid inheritance tax speculation

The Chancellor said that her priority was getting ‘our economy firing off all cylinders’.

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2025

A policy that benefited the richest and cost the UK £100bn: it’s long past time to end the fuel duty freeze

Successive chancellors have steered clear of increasing taxes for motorists for 15 years, but this should be a no-brainer for cash-strapped Rachel Reeves, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2025

UK economy grew despite Trump tariffs causing three-year low in US goods exports – business live

Live, rolling coverage as surprise GDP acceleration in June helps quarterly output beat expectations, while eurozone industrial production slumps

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2025

UK economic growth slows amid pressure on business and Trump trade war

The figure was stronger than the 0.1 per cent level widely expected by economists

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The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2025

UK economy posts surprise 0.3% growth in three months to June

GDP figure slower than previous quarter but beats expectations thanks to 0.4% expansion in June

The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2025

Starmer ‘set to revive Northern Powerhouse Rail plan’ to boost UK infrastructure

PM will announce details before the Labour Party conference next month

Evening Standard · Aug 13, 2025

Reeves pledges to tackle productivity challenge at autumn budget

Labour’s second year in power will be focused on ‘building a stronger economy for a renewed Britain’, the Chancellor said.

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2025

Boosting productivity will be main priority of autumn budget, Reeves says

Exclusive: Chancellor focuses on investment and planning rules as she dismisses talk of tax rises as ‘speculation’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2025

In our first year Labour fixed the foundations – now we must build a stronger economy for a renewed Britain

Labour is reversing a decade of stagnation and we’re making progress on wages, jobs and trade. But there is more to do, says Rachel Reeves, chancellor of the exchequer

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2025

The Guardian view on inheritance tax rises: to win the argument, ministers must build the case on fairness

Editorial: IHT is unpopular, but voters can be persuaded if the argument is about levelling life chances for young people

The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2025

Voices: Labour can’t hit ‘working people’, so now they’re after people who used to work

COMMENT: Whatever weasel words they may use to justify any changes to inheritance tax, the message is clear: you’re better off not making money under Labour, because they will get you in the long run, writes Chris Blackhurst

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