Reeves plans ambitious Brexit reset for young people to boost economic growth The chancellor claimed the ‘youth experience scheme’ would reduce the need for tax rises in the forthcoming Budget The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2025
Starmer brands Reform UK an ‘enemy’ of Britain ahead of Labour conference Chancellor Rachel Reeves has meanwhile said she wants to sign an ‘ambitious’ new youth migration scheme with the EU. Evening Standard · Sep 27, 2025
Starmer brands Reform UK ‘an enemy’ as he travels to Labour conference Chancellor Rachel Reeves has meanwhile said she wants to sign an ‘ambitious’ new youth migration scheme with the EU. The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2025
Reeves takes aim at Burnham’s ‘in hock to bond markets’ comment Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will tell Labour activists at the Liverpool conference that now ‘is not time’ for Labour infighting. Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2025
Labour must improve lives by time it leaves office, says Reeves The Chancellor was speaking to the Global Progress Action Summit. Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2025
Treasury ‘putting the squeeze’ on OBR over Labour growth plans amid tensions over downgrade Rachel Reeves may have to find up to £30bn in tax rises or spending cuts if forecaster revisits expectations The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2025
Will Labour’s climate plan survive the squeeze of tight budgets and rightwing attacks? As Donald Trump calls climate change a ‘con job’ and Reform UK weaponises net zero, Starmer faces pressure to hold the line on commitments The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2025
Liverpool headteachers warn Chancellor their schools are at breaking point Heads have signed an open letter to Rachel Reeves calling on Labour to ‘restore the achievements of the last Labour government’ as conference starts Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2025
Sir Keir Starmer says he is ‘absolutely committed’ to Northern Powerhouse Rail The delayed Northern Powerhouse Rail plans are to be unveiled ‘in the coming weeks’, a Government source has said. Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2025
‘Near impossible’ for poorer families to afford food and bills as UK faces decade of falling incomes, report warns The findings will pile further pressure on the chancellor to scrap the two-child benefit cap long blamed for keeping children in poverty The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2025
London losing billions of pounds of tourist spending to rival European cities says new report New figures show spending in Paris, Milan and Madrid soars as London flatlines Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2025
Starmer under mounting pressure to lift two-child benefit cap Lifting the two-child benefit cap is set to be the top recommendation of Keir Starmer’s child poverty taskforce The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2025
National Manufacturing Day to highlight jobs available in the sector Companies across the country will host students and workers looking for a career change The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2025
Plans to revive Northern Powerhouse Rail delayed again The NPR project was first proposed by former Tory chancellor George Osborne in 2014 The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2025
Evening Standard · Sep 24, 2025 Delayed Northern Powerhouse Rail plans to be unveiled ‘in coming weeks’ The announcement is expected to set out the scope and funding for the project.
The National (Scotland) · Sep 24, 2025 Rachel Reeves 'taxi tax' plans blasted as attack on poor and disabled AN SNP MSP has said that plans by the UK Government to impose the standard VAT rate on all taxi fares would hit poorer, disabled and older people…
The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2025 BT boss says costs ‘inflicted’ by UK are 10 times those faced by European sector Allison Kirkby warns that the November budget could be ‘very difficult’ for the chancellor
The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2025 Reeves must abandon manifesto tax pledges, think tank says amid £30bn Budget black hole The chancellor is facing mounting pressure to hike income tax amid an expectation that £30bn worth of tax rises will be needed in the Budget
Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2025 Reeves urged to reverse ‘rash’ tax commitments and reform system by think tank The Institute for Government said Labour’s ‘unrealistic’ approach to tax has left the Chancellor reaching for ‘piecemeal changes’.
The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2025 As growth hopes fade, shrinking Reeves has a mountain to climb THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: A dour economic forecast has left the beleaguered chancellor grasping for fiscal breathing space in her make-or-break Budget
Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2025 UK inflation to be highest in G7 this year ...The Standard podcast Listen here on your chosen podcast platform.
Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2025 Reeves says UK ‘open for business’ as Revolut pledges £3bn new investment The Chancellor welcomed the pledge at the opening of the financial firm’s new head office in London’s Canary Wharf.
The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2025 High inflation, soaring food prices and dwindling growth: How Britain’s economy ranks compared to other nations OECD report comes as Reeves is preparing November’s Budget, in which she is expected to put up taxes or cut spending in order to adhere to her own fiscal rules
Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2025 UK inflation to be highest in G7 this year in huge cost of living blow OECD predicts UK inflation to reach 3.5% in 2025, 0.4 percentage points higher than its previous forecast
The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2025 Inflation to surge and growth to drop in fresh economic blow to Reeves With a difficult Labour conference to come next week followed by the autumn Budget, the OECD’s conclusions have come at a bad time for Rachel Reeves