The Latest Breaking News from Rachel Reeves

Fighting over freebies, power and pay? This is not what Labour government is for – and members must say so

The disappointment so far is not the challenges we face, but how the new administration has reacted, says Labour MP and former shadow chancellor John McDonnell

The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2024

Keir Starmer will no longer accept donations for clothes after freebies row

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

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2024

Rachel Reeves to hike taxes by up to £16 billion in October Budget, warn economists

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

Evening Standard · Sep 20, 2024

New headache for Rachel Reeves as public borrowing hits 100% of GDP for first time since 1961

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.

Evening Standard · Sep 20, 2024

Economists have urged Rachel Reeves to loosen the purse strings – here’s why it’s not that easy

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 Conversation · Sep 19, 2024

'My kids won't suffer': Ed Balls on surname bullying trauma

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

Evening Standard · Sep 19, 2024

Rachel Reeves to replace No 11 paintings with art of or by women

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

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2024

Unite aims to force vote on winter fuel payment at Labour conference

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

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2024

Another London council issues urgent budget warning over soaring homeless costs

Lambeth council said the government must provide ‘urgent support’

Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2024

Labour urged to honour £15 million Tory pledge to feed vulnerable people with excess farm food

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

Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2024