12 h. ago Voices: Rachel Reeves risks becoming the ‘Chino Chancellor’ – chancellor in name only

By hiring Treasury second-in-command Darren Jones to work with him in No 10, with a new high-powered team of economic aides, Keir Starmer has effectively downgraded his chancellor, says Simon Walters

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15 h. ago Voices: Rachel Reeves risks becoming the ‘Cino’ Chancellor – chancellor in name only

By hiring Treasury second-in-command Darren Jones to work with him in No 10 – and with a new high-powered team of economic aides – Keir Starmer has effectively downgraded his chancellor, says Simon Walters

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18 h. ago Rachel Reeves admits Brits 'feel stuck' as dire poll finds nearly two

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is facing a brutal Budget reckoning this Autumn with warnings she has a black hole of up to £50billion to fill.

Politics

20 h. ago Tories challenge Rachel Reeves to rule out ‘damaging property taxes’

The Chancellor will have to raise taxes or cut spending by around £51 billion to maintain her current level of ‘headroom’, experts say

Politics

20 h. ago Keir Starmer appoints Rachel Reeves’ righthand man to new Downing Street role in mini

The prime minister has moved to get a grip on the political agenda after a torrid year and also sacked his director of communications

Politics

21 h. ago Couple 'forced' to raffle their £600,000 home for £2 a ticket after housing market crash under Rachel Reeves and Labour

Aily Chalmers, 32, and her husband, Nathan, 35, resorted to the desperate measure as they wanted to move closer to family in Forest Way, Hampshire.

Economics

31 h. ago Defiant Reeves admits working people ‘feel stuck’ but insists Britain is not broken

Exclusive: Rachel Reeves launches her post-summer fightback with a boost for working parents as she tackles critics of Labour’s plans and the economy

Politics

31 h. ago Voices: Rachel Reeves: My mission to make life easier for working parents

As Labour introduces 30 hours of free childcare a week for children as young as nine months old, the chancellor Rachel Reeves explains how the government plans to help Britain’s squeezed working families

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31 h. ago Starmer ‘rolling up sleeves to deliver change’ as MPs return to Westminster

Sir Keir Starmer said the Government was on a ‘drive to deliver national renewal’.

Politics

33 h. ago Tories to challenge Rachel Reeves to rule out ‘damaging property taxes’

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said the Chancellor was trapped in a ‘tax doom loop’.

Politics

43 h. ago Rachel Reeves' plan to raise landfill tax could add £24,000 onto price of new

Industry chiefs fear the Chancellor's 'insane' proposal could see a 36-fold increase to the levy, causing construction costs to skyrocket.

Economics

44 h. ago Minister heaps pressure on Rachel Reeves to find money to scrap two

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson admitted there would be a cost to welfare changes but warned of 'serious consequences' if support is not bolstered.

Politics

64 h. ago Reeves warned she will have to break manifesto commitment on tax to deal with economic black hole

Leading economists have questioned strategy of ‘fiddling around’ with new small taxes – such as the mansion and gambling taxes – to avoid economic crisis

Economics

3 d. ago Rachel Reeves plots raid on small businesses with £2billion VAT hike in autumn Budget

Officials are looking at proposals to slash the threshold at which small businesses and sole traders have to register for VAT. Pictured: Rachel Reeves

Economics

3 d. ago Phil Spencer: catastrophic rumoured tax reforms would hit ordinary Londoners

Rumours that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering property tax reforms that include scrapping stamp duty, a tax on home sales over £500,000 and collecting capital gains tax (CGT) on homes over £1.5 million when they sell are likely to slow the housing market according to Zoopla.

Events

3 d. ago Rachel Reeves told to grant Sadiq Khan more powers to raise tax

Rachel Reeves told to grant Sadiq Khan more powers to raise tax  Daily Express

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3 d. ago Bank shares sink on reports Reeves could hike tax on their profits in the Budget

Shares in Britain's biggest lenders fell sharply on Friday morning as investors fretted over reports Chancellor Rachel Reeves is planning a tax raid on the sector.

Economics

3 d. ago UK bank shares fall as fears raised in City over budget tax raid

City traders were reacting to a report from the IPPR which said Rachel Reeves should impose a new bank tax.

Economics

3 d. ago 'Stop taxing everything': Big business bosses warn Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of Budget

Asda chairman Allan Leighton said the Treasury should invest in Britain rather than ‘taxing everything in some way, shape or form’

Economics

3 d. ago FTSE 100 Live 29 August: Tax raid fears hit banking shares, US inflation data in focus

FTSE 100 banking stocks are under pressure after a think tank urged Rachel Reeves to consider tax raid on major firms such as Barclays, Lloyds and NatWest.

Economics