Tag: Budget

Chancellor Rachel Reeves stood accused of losing control of the economy today as she desperately cut spending further despite record tax rises to cover a £14bn black hole largely of her own making.

Downing Street has contradicted Rachel Reeves with an insistence that Donald Trump is not responsible for the UK economy's dire straits, despite the Chancellor earlier indicating the US President was to blame.

Rachel Reeves is eyeing £6 billion of welfare cuts in the spring Budget. But why cut benefits and winter fuel allowances when you're still funding 'gay porn studies' and 'queer archives', wonders Charlotte Gill.

AstraZeneca has abandoned a £450 million investment in a major UK vaccine plant powered by renewables in a blow to Rachel Reeves who vowed this week to "kick-start economic growth".

David Craig has some more CV questions for Rachel Reeves. Including: was her meteoric rise to Chancellor via the HBOS complaints department due to getting an undisclosed leg-up or two from her Labour connections?

Rachel Reeves's tax raid on farmers is putting Britain’s food security at risk and must be paused, Tesco has warned, as the backlash to the controversial policy that has brought farmers to the streets mounts.

The UK may already be in recession as Rachel Reeves's record tax raid brings "extended agony" for the economy, an investment bank has warned.

Asda has publicly backed farmers in their row with Labour over its inheritance tax raid following tractor protests outside of supermarkets in a new blow to Starmer and Reeves.

The jobs bloodbath continues as Currys is forced to outsource more British staff to India as a result of Rachel Reeves's "tax on jobs", the Chief Executive of the electricals retailer has said.

Rachel Reeves's future as Chancellor has been thrown into doubt by Keir Starmer as he twice refused to confirm she would stay on and appointed a senior Treasury official as a top adviser amid the fallout from her Budget.