The Latest Breaking News from Rachel Reeves

Chancellor promises biggest investment in social and affordable homes in a generation to hit 1.5m target

The Chancellor stresses that health, security and the economy are her priorities for public spending

FUNDING for a carbon capture project in Aberdeenshire is expected to be announced tomorrow at the UK Government’s spending review ...

NEWS ANALYSIS: Ongoing rows over cuts and economic policy will not go away with the announcement on Wednesday and will continue to fuel questions over the futures of Reeves and Starmer, says David Maddox

A spokesperson for John Swinney refused to rule out making changes in the wake of the UK Government’s U-turn on winter heating payments.

Ian McDermott, leader of the G15 group, said there are three things central government can do to help tackle the housing emergency in the capital

UK chancellor Rachel Reeves faces her biggest test with the government’s departmental spending plans for the three years from next April until the general election. With nearly £600 billion a year to spend, her decisions will impact on every aspect of public life and shape the political weather for years…

Darren Millar, leader of the Welsh Conservatives, called for Eluned Morgan to apologise to the pensioners affected by the change last winter.

COMMENT: The NHS will emerge from Rachel Reeves’s funding announcement positively awash with extra cash – but alarm bells should already be ringing about the fall in productivity across the health service, says John Rentoul