8 h. ago Rachel Reeves must rethink fiscal rules as social security cuts will inflict real pain

Writing for the Record, Stephen Boyd of IPPR Scotland urges Rachel Reeves to consider alternative means to raise badly needed revenues for public services.

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11 h. ago UK economy was doing even better than previously thought under the Tories before Labour took power, figures show

The revised GDP data adds to the evidence of Rachel Reeves ' dismal stewardship just days after the Budget watchdog halved its forecast for growth this year.

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13 h. ago DAILY MAIL COMMENT: 'Awful April' will be the cruellest month

You've got to hand it to Rachel Reeves. Despite her lamentable Spring Statement being savaged across the political spectrum, the Chancellor is putting a brave face on it.

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13 h. ago Watch: Rachel Reeves holds press conference after spring statement backlash

Watch again as Rachel Reeves held a press conference on 26 March following backlash to her spring statement.

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14 h. ago Team of barristers lined up by Rachel Reeves to fight High Court case against her school fees tax... are all privately educated themselves

The Chancellor who has previously called private school parents 'snobs' is spending taxpayers' money fighting the legal challenge to her 20% VAT on school fees tax.

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14 h. ago Reeves’s spring statement almost as unpopular as Truss’s disastrous mini

Just one in five voters believe Rachel Reeves is doing a good job, as chancellor’s approval rating plunges towards that of her predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng prior to him being sacked

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22 h. ago We must liberate our brilliant entrepreneurs to stop this disastrous economic stall

The flatlining of the economy isn’t just sad; it’s a complete disaster

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24 h. ago Billionaire former Labour donor and steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal threatens to quit the UK over Rachel Reeves' 'non

Laskhmi Mittal, a steel tycoon who has lived in Britain for three decades, is reportedly preparing to leave Britain because of the Government's tax changes.

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24 h. ago Self employed to face higher fines for paying late tax returns

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the new measure during the Spring Statement.

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25 h. ago ‘Was this new age austerity always coming?’ Your spring statement questions answered by Andrew Grice

In this exclusive Q&A session, The Independent’s political commentator Andrew Grice tackles welfare cuts, taxation, and the economic challenges facing the UK

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28 h. ago Rachel Reeves considers fresh tax raid on savers in bid to balance books

HMRC estimates that an extra 893,000 people will have to pay tax on savings by 2028-29

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30 h. ago Tesla’s UK subsidies under scrutiny after Trump announces car tariffs

Tesla has benefited from £188m in UK taxpayer subsidies in nine years

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31 h. ago Keir Starmer is one of Labour’s most rightwing prime ministers. And one of its most leftwing, too | Andy Beckett

The PM offers a political hybrid designed for a fickle electorate. There are short-term electoral gains to be won, but risks in the long termFor more than eight months now, since shortly after Labour won power, more and more people have been outraged by the government’s moves to the right. Starting with its decision to keep the Conservatives’ cruel two-child benefit cap last July, the government has regularly given these critics reasons to feel shocked, betrayed or just disappointed.From deportation videos to Keir Starmer’s declaration that “I like and respect” Donald Trump, from repeated public sector cuts to the chancellor Rachel Reeves’s talk of “tearing down regulatory barriers” in this week’s spring statement, Labour has often behaved as if the boundaries between its supposedly centre-left politics and the politics of the right or even the far right have simply melted away. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago Readers' letters: Rachel Reeves has declared war on the most vulnerable in society

A reader brands Rachel Reeves’ welfare cuts immoral and depraved

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38 h. ago PM: North will stop being ‘held to ransom’ by outdated transport systems

Sir Keir Starmer claimed the Government will create better links between urban areas with a ‘downpayment for growth’.

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40 h. ago Rachel Reeves' visit to Wales: Handshakes, hugs, and a lesson in devolution

The chancellor spent a large chunk of her day trying to defend welfare cuts following her Spring Statement on Wednesday, March 26

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40 h. ago Chancellor Rachel Reeves refuses to accept welfare cuts will push children into poverty

The UK Government chancellor visited Wales for the first time since her party's election successes in 2024 and a day after her Spring Statement

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42 h. ago What Trump's trade war means for YOU: As tariffs throw markets into turmoil, what investors should do

The ink was barely dry on Rachel Reeves' Spring Statement before her plans to balance the nation's books were effectively blown out of the water.

Economics

42 h. ago Labour has history of difficult debates over welfare, says McFadden

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster said people should not be content with allowing the number of benefits claimants to grow.

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42 h. ago Investors warn Rachel Reeves she has little fiscal room for error

Chancellor criticised over decision to stick with £9.9bn of budgetary headroom

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