The Latest Breaking News from Rachel Reeves

Rachel Reeves tells private equity bosses she plans to shut down more regulators

Chancellor stopped short of saying which regulators were in government’s crosshairs

The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2025

Reeves Blocks Wealth Tax Plan: Defies Labour Hopeful, Gambles with Public Finance Chaos

Chancellor Rachel Reeves blocks wealth tax, defying Labour MPs, risking £50B fiscal chaos. Can she balance the Budget without breaking promises?

International Business Times UK · Sep 10, 2025

Reeves accepts impact of taxes on growth as she orders Cabinet to tighten belts

Chancellor Rachel Reeves sought to reassure business chiefs that she would seek spending restraint rather than growth-busting taxes.

Evening Standard · Sep 10, 2025

CBI boss calls for Reeves to tear up Labour’s pledge not to raise tax

Rain Newton-Smith tells chancellor ‘the time for tinkering is over’ and revisit promise not to raise taxes on working people

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2025

Voices: If Jim Ratcliffe pulls billions out of Britain, is Labour really to blame?

COMMENT : The energy tycoon and co-owner of Manchester United is considering moving his investments out of the UK, saying it has become ‘one of the most unstable fiscal regimes in the world’. But could there be more to it than meets the eye, asks James Moore

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025

Starmer hits out at Reform’s ‘politics of grievance’ as his new Cabinet meets

The Prime Minister also told his top team that economic growth is the Government’s top priority as it seeks to take on Nigel Farage’s party.

Evening Standard · Sep 9, 2025

Ex-minister reveals the pensions changes most likely at Budget

Higher earners could be targeted at the chancellor’s second fiscal event

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025

The truth about Keir Starmer's reshuffle – and who's really got the power

THE definition of insanity is, famously, doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 8, 2025

Voices: Will a pensions raid stop young people from saving?

COMMENT: As British workers make record withdrawals from their pension pots, amid fears that the chancellor is about to reduce the tax-free limit in her autumn Budget, James Moore worries that some people might be prompted to make bad decisions that will affect more than just their later years

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2025

Rising mortgage rates signal fresh battle for homeowners ahead of Reeves’ Budget

Lenders have raised rates on some deals amid a ‘fraught political and economic climate’, with more expected to follow

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2025