The Latest Breaking News from Rachel Reeves

Scrapping two-child benefit cap ‘not off the table’, says Education Secretary

The Government’s child poverty strategy, which was due to be published in the spring, is now set to come out in the autumn.

Evening Standard · May 27, 2025

Don’t cut £13.2bn warm homes pledge over winter fuel payments, Labour told

Charities and experts urge government to honour pledge on energy efficiency as it looks to pay for policy reversal

The Guardian - UK · May 27, 2025

Ex-Boris Aide Says Starmer Must Be Fuming Over Rachel Reeves’ Inflation Bombshell

Angela Rayner Could be Eyeing up Number 10 and People are Losing it

The Fashion Central · May 26, 2025

Labour’s U-turn on winter fuel cuts is too little, too late

Letters: Ian Jenkinson says voters in recent local elections were disappointed that Labour policies have been abandoned, while Linda Evans thinks Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves will never be forgiven. Plus letters from Dr Guy Spence and Hazel Davies

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2025

Labour’s botched winter fuel U-turn raises questions over its purpose in power

There is growing unease over the government’s direction – a way to restore confidence would be to scrap the ‘cruel’ two-child limit

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2025

Angela Rayner says she ‘never’ wants to be Prime Minister or Labour leader

The Deputy Prime Minister was asked to rule herself out from the top job after a memo she sent to Rachel Reeves suggesting tax rises was leaked.

Evening Standard · May 25, 2025

Deputy PM Angela Rayner: ‘I don’t want to be leader of the Labour Party’

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has quashed rumours that she is vying to become leader of the Labour Party, saying she has “no desire” to take on the role.

The Independent UK · May 25, 2025

The charts that show just how worried Labour should be about the polls

Whether on leader favourability or on key policy areas, Labour is losing ground on almost every metric

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2025

Inside Labour plot to oust Keir Starmer as PM is given 12 months to turn things around

SPECIAL REPORT: This week’s dramatic winter fuel U-turn has not been enough to stop speculation about the future of Starmer as leader, as political editor David Maddox found out

The Independent UK · May 24, 2025

Voices: Angela Rayner is the Gordon Brown of this government

COMMENT: The deputy prime minister is serious about her ambition but, like Brown, she will have to wait, says John Rentoul

The Independent UK · May 24, 2025