The Latest Breaking News from Rachel Reeves

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 · Feb 26, 2025

Foreign aid minister quits over cuts to her budget in fresh blow for Starmer - live

Anneliese Dodds warns it will be impossible to continue supporting Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2025

Toxic Town’s Jack Thorne: ‘We’re not looking at pain exclusively, but at resilience and survival’

INTERVIEW : The ‘Toxic Town’ writer talks to Gabriel Tate about activism, autism and why television has an originality problem

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2025

Civil servants face disciplinary action in crackdown on Whitehall credit cards

Less than two weeks after Rachel Reeves was facing questions over her own company credit card spending in a previous job, the government has issued a threat across departments over abuse of its cards

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2025

Rachel Reeves’ ‘Triple Whammy’ Tax Raid Set to Trigger Mass Business Closures

In a stark warning to the healthcare sector, scores of UK independent pharmacies are teetering on the brink of closure amid a surge in operational costs.

The Fashion Central · Feb 25, 2025

Exposed: Labour peer’s involvement in apparent cash-for-access venture

Lord David Evans of Watford said ‘our mates now have senior jobs’ and advised on how to approach Angela Rayner

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2025

Nigel Farage viewed favourably by more people than other leaders – poll

The proportion of people saying the UK was heading in the wrong direction has remained high.

Evening Standard · Feb 25, 2025

Two-thirds of Scots expect economy to keep tanking under Labour

ALMOST two-thirds of Scots are expecting the economy to continue tanking under Labour over the next year amid accusations the public have “lost…

The National (Scotland) · Feb 24, 2025

Thousands of anxious London first time buyers in race to beat stamp duty deadline

London property debutantes face extra bills of up to £11,250

Evening Standard · Feb 24, 2025

What is Keir Starmer’s plan to increase UK defence spending and is it affordable?

John Healey dramatically quit as defence secretary earlier this month, saying he had received a financial settlement which ‘falls well short of what is required’

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2025