The Latest Breaking News from Rachel Reeves

Rachel Reeves won't apologise over winter fuel payment U-turn, says Cabinet colleague Ed Miliband

‘The Chancellor is not going to apologise for a series of measures she took to stabilise the nation’s finances when we came into office’ - Ed Miliband

Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2025

Ed Miliband says Reeves deserves credit for winter fuel payment U-turn

Energy secretary says chancellor did not make mistake in initial decision to remove benefit from most pensioners

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2025

Labour 'left us to see winter fuel U-turn on social media', SNP minister says

THE UK Government has not told its Scottish counterpart how much extra funding it can expect from Rachel Reeves’s U-turn on Winter Fuel Payments…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 10, 2025

Reeves will hope weaker wage growth enables more interest rate cuts

Bank of England governor has said he sees pay as crucial in determining pace of rate reductions

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2025

Reeves says nuclear investment shows UK ‘back where it belongs’ after approving Sizewell C plant

The Government has earmarked almost £17 billion for nuclear power projects in the UK

Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2025

Reeves says nuclear investment shows UK ‘back where it belongs’

The Government has earmarked almost £17 billion for the Sizewell C site and the development of small modular nuclear reactors.

The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2025

Rolls-Royce named winning bidder for UK small nuclear reactors

FTSE 100 firm beats two US-owned companies as government pushes nuclear power with Sizewell C investment

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2025

At least 250,000 jobs lost since Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget, data shows

Unemployment at highest level in nearly four years, with increase blamed on chancellor’s hike to businesses’ NICs

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2025

Londoners net Treasury £5,000 per head, new report reveals as Reeves and Khan in Spending Review clash

Analysis by the House of Commons Library lays bare how dependent the UK is on the capital as its economic engine

Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2025

Sizewell C power station to be built as part of UK’s £14bn nuclear investment

Ed Miliband promises to ‘get Britain off the fossil fuel rollercoaster’ with new plant expected to create 10,000 jobs

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2025