British finance minister Rachel Reeves, facing a weak economy, trimmed her spending plans in a budget update on Wednesday ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has set out her plans for the UK economy in her Spring Statement and is on track to meet her ...

Labour chancellor did not rule out reforming tax on tech companies, like those owned by US President’s ‘first buddy’ Elon ...

My life is a bit weird these days,” Rachel Reeves candidly admits just hours after delivering her Spring Statement to a ...

Rachel Reeves may raise taxes ‘even further’ in autumn budget, IFS warns - Ms Reeves has denied there would be further tax ...

Rachel Reeves has announced cuts to welfare spending ... plans but failed to acknowledge the part she has played in the UK's sluggish economy. Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride on Thursday (March ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced further cuts to welfare benefits but no tax rises as the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) halved its forecast for UK economic growth in 2025. She told MPs: ...

Why does Rachel Reeves still have a job? It's not just what she’s announcing in her spring statement this week – jobs cuts and higher taxes – that should have her sacked. It’s the fact she ...

While claiming to have found a £22 billion black hole (never confirmed and highly unlikely), Rachel Reeves carried on digging ... to stop this insanity before UK industry and the prosperity ...

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Rachel Reeves has said she recognises that accepting free tickets to a Sabrina Carpenter concert was “a bit odd”. The Chancellor had been criticised for taking the freebie at the same time as ...

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, will slash UK government spending by billions of pounds due to tough ...