Rachel Reeves to back Heathrow third runway in bid for economic growth Government could back much-delayed plan for third runway at Heathrow, as well as expansion of Gatwick and Luton airports The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2025
Heathrow third runway plan labelled ‘desperate’ amid Labour divisions Rachel Reeves hopes expansion will increase economic growth but Ed Miliband and Sadiq Khan oppose it The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2025
Davos day one: German chancellor Scholz says Putin must not win Ukraine war, as Greenpeace protesters disrupt WEF – as it happened Rolling coverage of the first full day of the World Economic Forum in Davos The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2025
UK pay growth rises despite firms cutting jobs after budget Labour market figures add to dilemma for Bank of England as it considers interest rate cuts The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2025
Hospitality firms ‘to incur £1bn costs from employer NICs on 774,000 more workers’ Industry body says businesses and jobs at risk unless Rachel Reeves’s tax changes delayed or altered The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2025
Reeves heads to Davos in bid for more investment The Chancellor said she ‘will not rest’ until the economy is growing. Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2025
Rachel Reeves’s duty is to the people, not the markets Letters: Treasury orthodoxy is such that the chancellor doesn’t seem to think she has a choice, writes Anthony Lawton, while Ros Wain says the government needs to get over the household view of the public finances. Plus a letter from Phil Tate The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2025
UK ‘second most attractive country for investment’, survey finds The survey of chief executives, published ahead of the World Economic Forum, follows an upgraded growth forecast from the IMF The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2025
UK given business ‘vote of confidence’ after ranking second-most attractive nation to invest in The wide-ranging survey revealed a ‘vote of confidence in the UK’ as it placed above China and India The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2025
Global top bosses rank UK as second most attractive country for investment PwC’s annual CEO survey cheers ‘vote of confidence in the UK’ as UK surpasses Germany, China and India. Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2025
'Empty-minded' Labour's growth push panned by top economics experts LABOUR have been panned for their “contradictory” and “empty-minded” approach to economic growth by a leading political scientist. The National (Scotland) · Jan 20, 2025
Voices: Reeves is wrecking UK growth by alienating wealthy entrepreneurs who bring investment and jobs COMMENT: Reeves and her boss Keir Starmer do not appear to understand the competition to attract the international rich – and the benefits they bring The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2025
Reeves blasted over Davos investment drive while millionaire non-doms desert the UK Labour chancellor will try to attract overseas investment at World Economic Forum meeting this week while row rages at home over tax changes for millionaire foreign nationals living in the UK The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2025
If Rachel Reeves wants growth, improved community cohesion could be essential A new paper has found that social capital ‘is the cake, not the icing’ of a strong, well functioning economy The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2025 Market turmoil has calmed but Rachel Reeves faces more challenges ahead Chancellor survives chaos in markets but faces more questions on growth, cuts, public sector pay and fraud
The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2025 Rachel Reeves will go on Davos charm offensive as plan for cuts rattles nerves at home The chancellor will seek investment in the UK as the Labour government prepares to reduce the benefits bill
The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2025 Keir Starmer will have to stick by Rachel Reeves – they’re lashed to the same mast When you’re presiding over a flatlining economy, every error is magnified and there is little credit for the things you’re doing right
The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2025 First Brexit, now Trump and Musk: ignorance is back with a vengeance The aggression from the Tesla billionaire is new; but Britain has years of experience in the consequences of falling for misleading promises
The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2025 Rollercoaster week for the chancellor ends in relief … and a lesson learned that fortunes can change very fast Treasury officials claim there was no panic in No 11 before the economic numbers finally turned in their favour
The National (Scotland) · Jan 19, 2025 Scotland being 'punished' for its large public sector, says Shona Robison SCOTLAND’S Finance Secretary has said the country is being “punished” for having a larger public sector due to the UK Government’s increase…
Evening Standard · Jan 19, 2025 What the papers say – January 19 A variety of domestic and international stories feature on Sunday’s front pages.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2025 The Observer view: Rachel Reeves has an unenviable task, but she must stick to her plan for growth While some criticisms of the chancellor are justified, there’s no escaping there are no quick fixes to the bad hand she was dealt
The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2025 Pensioners forced to wait for winter fuel payments until the spring as decision delays grow Newly revealed figures show that at the start of December, pensioners faced an average wait of 106 days for their winter fuel payments
The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2025 The UK has lost a millionaire every 45 minutes since Labour came to power, study claims Rachel Reeves’ Budget, which hit employers with tax hikes, as well as crackdown on controversial ‘non dom’s’ blamed for the exodus
The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2025 Labour is right to forge more trade links with China – not doing so would be folly From a ‘golden era’ to post-pandemic mistrust, the UK has had a turbulent relationship with the world’s second-largest economy, says Lau China Institute director Kerry Brown