The Latest Breaking News from Rachel Reeves

The Garrick row is not about women getting in – it’s about the dinosaurs desperate to keep us out

Beleaguered members cite tradition, but this is an attempt to protect powerful men from society’s progress, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2024

The Guardian view on Labour’s economic plans: a response too small for the challenge the UK faces

Editorial: A radical agenda is needed to deal with the crises of economic stagnation, political polarisation and the climate emergency. Rachel Reeves did not offer one

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2024

Rachel Reeves is staking it all on economic growth. So where’s her plan to achieve it?

Promising to reform the planning system, boost investment and improve skills is all very well, but the detail is missing, says Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2024

Labour has not got long to find its moral compass

Letters: Peter Riddle says voters fear they will get Tory-lite policies and calls for honesty, while Carl Gardner says the party should make the UK attractive to struggling people, not big business. Plus letters from Martyn Taylor and Michael Meadowcroft

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2024

Britain doesn’t need ‘reform’. It just needs to rejoin the EU

Well-intentioned moves are afoot to ‘overhaul the machinery of government’. But it’s the policies that are the problem

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2024

Reeves to promise ‘decade of economic renewal’ if Labour wins power

Shadow chancellor will tell high-profile financial audience that ‘mission-led’ governments must take a lead in turbulent times

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2024

This Tory long goodbye is toxic for the country – and making Labour’s job ever harder

The greater the wait until the election, the more reassurance Labour must provide. And that weakens its future mandate, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2024

What’s the point of Starmer’s Labour if it won’t stand up for poor, sick or disabled people?

The party should be a beacon of hope for people on benefits. Instead, with a 30-point poll lead, it’s parroting Tory soundbites, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2024

Labour steps up preparations to govern as Reeves attacks ‘unfunded’ Tory tax cuts

Shadow cabinet talk with Whitehall officials after Keir Starmer meets head of civil service

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2024

Sunak warned unfunded axing of national insurance would harm services

Economists say making the policy an election pledge could cost £40bn, which is badly needed for health, education and elsewhere

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2024