70 m. ago What is the spending review? Everything Rachel Reeves could announce to fix UK economy

The Independent looks at what the spending review is, why the government has launched one and what is expected to be in it

Economics

99 m. ago Voices: Wes Streeting has won the spending review – but will he blow his winnings?

The NHS will emerge from Rachel Reeves’ funding announcement positively awash with extra cash – but alarm bells should already be ringing about the fall in productivity across the health service, says John Rentoul

Politics

1 hour ago Spending review latest: Fears ‘staggering’ cuts may be required by Rachel Reeves

Chancellor is set to unveil plans for all department funding on Wednesday

Politics

3 h. ago Rachel Reeves forced ‘to make £5bn cuts’ to balance books after spending review

Exclusive: Chancellor set to unveil Labour’s spending plans Wednesday but researchers warn she will need to make £5bn of cuts by 2028/29 — even before finding the cash to restore winter fuel payments to pensioners

Economics

3 h. ago Voices: Is Rachel Reeves a toxic influence in the workplace?

The number of job vacancies has taken a tumble just as the unemployment rate hits a four-year high – which is exactly what happens when you make it more expensive to take people on, says James Moore

Events

4 h. ago Starmer: Support for nuclear power is ‘statement of intent’ from Government

The Government has committed £14.2 billion to build the Sizewell C plant.

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4 h. ago Spending review latest: Starmer says ‘no more dithering’ over nuclear power amid £14bn Sizewell C plan

Chancellor signs off on £14.2 billion of investment to build the new Sizewell C nuclear plant

Economics

4 h. ago Floundering Rachel Reeves admits Brits are NOT feeling better off as jobs slump after Labour's tax raid... with fears she will have to up the burden AGAIN after spending crunch

Rachel Reeves acknowledged 'working people' are not seeing 'progress' in their everyday lives as she prepares to deliver a crucial spending review tomorrow.

Economics

5 h. ago Spending review latest: Government accused of not ‘coming clean’ over full costs of Sizewell C nuclear plant

Chancellor signs off on £14.2 billion of investment to build the new Sizewell C nuclear plant

Economics

6 h. ago Rachel Reeves must not ignore London's vital role as engine of the British economy

Investing in London isn’t about favouring one region over another, it’s about backing the entire country to succeed

Politics

6 h. ago Ed Miliband says Reeves deserves credit for winter fuel payment U

Energy secretary says chancellor did not make mistake in initial decision to remove benefit from most pensionersUK politics live – latest updatesRachel Reeves deserves credit for her U-turn on winter fuel allowance, Ed Miliband has said while denying that it was wrong to make the initial cut.The Treasury announced on Monday that it would restore the allowance to all pensioners with an income of £35,000 or less a year, amid public outrage over the cut, which was the first act of the Labour government. Reeves had previously removed the benefit from all but the poorest pensioners – those on pension credit. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Yvette Cooper not on 'resignation watch' after Spending Review row with Rachel Reeves, says minister

Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband dismisses reports that Yvette Cooper was considering quitting as Home Secretary

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7 h. ago Cops for the chop? Forces may have reduce number of officers as Rachel Reeves rejects Yvette Cooper's pleas for more cash in Spending Review

The Chancellor is said to have 'imposed' a funding settlement on Home Secretary Yvette Cooper yesterday ahead of Wednesday's Spending Review, after reaching an impasse in negotiations.

Economics

7 h. ago Jeremy Clarkson explains Clarkson’s Farm ‘mistake’ after viewer confusion

Many fans were left scratching their heads after very brief finale moment

Politics

7 h. ago Reeves says nuclear investment shows UK ‘back where it belongs’

The Government has earmarked almost £17 billion for the Sizewell C site and the development of small modular nuclear reactors.

Events

8 h. ago UK unemployment rises to highest level since 2021 as job vacancies fall

Experts have blamed a slowdown in the jobs market on a tax and cost increases for employers announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in the autumn Budget

Politics

8 h. ago Londoners net Treasury £5,000 per head, new report reveals as Reeves and Khan in Spending Review clash

Analysis by the House of Commons Library lays bare how dependent the UK is on the capital as its economic engine

Economics

9 h. ago Blow for Rachel Reeves as unemployment creeps up and wage growth slows on the eve of Chancellor's spending review

The rate of UK unemployment increased to 4.6 per cent in the three months to April, from 4.5 per cent in the three months to March, the Office for National Statistics said today.

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9 h. ago Londoners are netting Treasury £5,000 per head, new report reveals ahead of Rachel Reeves Spending Review

Analysis by the House of Commons Library lays bare how dependent the UK is on the capital as its economic engine

Economics

9 h. ago Sadiq Khan in 'red on red' row with Rachel Reeves over major transport schemes

Sadiq Khan in 'red on red' row with Rachel Reeves over major transport schemes  London Evening Standard

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