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Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves also make the same vow in change of policy before Labour’s conference opens in Liverpool

They believe the Chancellor may raise inheritance, pension and capital gain taxes

The public finances have been put under enormous strain by the costs of responding the triple whammy of the financial crisis, the pandemic and the energy crisis.

A group of economists has publicly urged chancellor Rachel Reeves to reverse her stance on public investment, and relax the Treasury rules that constrain it. They argue in a letter to the Financial Times that low investment is the root cause of Britain’s productivity stagnation, and that the government must…

The ex Labour politician chose not to give his children his surname

State room artworks will be ‘of or by women’ as Reeves celebrates becoming first female chancellor

Union motion to condemn cut could prove embarrassing for PM at party’s first gathering since taking power

Lambeth council said the government must provide ‘urgent support’

After successful campaign by the Standard, charities warn that Rishi Sunak’s pledge risks getting ditched in Rachel Reeves’ Budget