13 h. ago Rachel Reeves set to meet White House officials at US summit next week as hopes of trade deal with Washington grow

The Chancellor confirmed yesterday she will have 'conversations with the US administration' when she travels to America for a summit.

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20 h. ago Government risked ‘throwing good money after bad’ in steel talks – Reeves

‘Government are going to play a big role’ in the future of steelmaking in Scunthorpe, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said.

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20 h. ago Rachel Reeves says Government is going to play a 'big role' in Scunthorpe steel

The Chancellor visited the British Steel facility in Scunthorpe after MPs voted to let ministers take control of the company to prevent Chinese owners Jingye from closing down Britain's last remaining blast furnaces

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54 h. ago Inflation falls to just 2.6% as cost of filling up the car drops on lower oil price

The main reasons for the fall included lower fuel prices and softer hotel rates

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54 h. ago Relief for Rachel Reeves as inflation dipped to 2.6% in March

Headline CPI was 2.6 per cent in March, down from 2.8 per cent in February and better than the 2.7 per cent analysts had pencilled in.

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3 d. ago Keir Starmer's team releases tax bill and it's very different to Rishi Sunak's

Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner have released their tax returns for the first time since the general election - with the PM paying over £50,000 in tax while leader of the opposition

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3 d. ago Starmer, Rayner and Reeves release tax returns for first time since election

The tax returns cover a period of time when Labour was still in opposition, the 2023-24 tax year.

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4 d. ago Swinney pledges earlier legislative programme to help tackle tariff ‘challenges’

The First Minister also said Scots should be ‘prepared rather than scared’ about the economic challenges ahead.

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4 d. ago Donald Trump sends message to Masters champion Rory McIlroy after winning his 'favorite sporting show'

The Northern Irishman, 35, held his nerve in a tense play-off with England's Justin Rose to end a barren 11-year major run and finally complete the career Grand Slam at Augusta National.

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5 d. ago Worst injured 7/7 survivor savages Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves for attacking society's most vulnerable in 'lunacy' cuts that leave disabled people terrified for the future

Dan Biddle, 46, lost both his legs, an eye and his spleen when a bomb went off on an Edgware Road Tube train nearly 20 years ago. He says Labour's welfare cuts are an attack on disabled people.

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7 d. ago Voices: Strong GDP growth is unexpected good news for Rachel Reeves – but there’s a ‘but’

The boost to the British economy froma jump in exports to the US will be short-lived – thanks to Trump’s trade war over tariffs, says James Moore

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7 d. ago Allies agree record boost in military aid for Ukraine in ‘critical year’ for war

Germany’s defence minister told a press conference that there appeared to be little chance of peace ‘in the immediate future’.

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7 d. ago South Korea's ousted president takes inspiration from Donald Trump as he sends unsubtle message while being removed from office along with his huge number of cats and dogs

The not-so-subtle nod to Donald Trump comes after Yoon too was impeached in December last year for imposing martial law in a shocking move that rocked South Korean politics

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7 d. ago UK ‘resolved to get best deal’ with US, despite American doubts about carve out

Rachel Reeves is travelling to Poland on Friday to meet European finance ministers.

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7 d. ago GDP jump offers Rachel Reeves some light as UK enters Trump tariff tunnel

Growth defied forecasts that chancellor had hobbled economy, but trade war casts long shadowUK economy far exceeds forecasts to grow 0.5%Business live – latest updatesEarlier this year Rachel Reeves was being written off for having jeopardised Britain’s economy. The chancellor’s tax-raising autumn budget had sapped business investment, spooked the financial markets and put the jobs market at risk.The latest official figures showing stronger-than-expected economic growth of 0.5% in February will therefore come as a boost for the embattled chancellor, in a sign that the economy was in better health than her critics claimed. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago 'Disturbed' Black Mirror fans issue bleak warning over first episode of series 7

Black Mirror series seven recently landed on Netflix and the first episode, titled Common People, has a storyline so dystopian that streamers have been left feeling "uncomfortable" and "depressed"

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7 d. ago UK economy surges 0.5% in February in surprise boost for Rachel Reeves

However, City economists warned that the spurt could be short-lived as the impact of higher tariffs and business taxes kick in

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7 d. ago UK economy surges 0.5% in February in major boost for Rachel Reeves

The surprise growth was driven by a big bounce back in industrial output, which was up by 1.5%

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7 d. ago UK economy grew by 0.5% in February in boost to Rachel Reeves

The UK economy grew by 0.5 per cent in February in a boost to Labour following several months of almost flatlining, with the Office for National Statistics pointing to “widespread growth” across multiple sectors.

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7 d. ago UK economy far exceeds forecasts to grow 0.5% in boost to Rachel Reeves

February GDP rise bigger than forecast but impact from Donald Trump’s tariff war yet to comeBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK economy unexpectedly expanded by 0.5% in February, figures show, in a boost for Rachel Reeves before an expected downturn triggered by Donald Trump’s tariff war.Reversing a modest fall in January of 0.1%, the increase in gross domestic product in February was five times larger than the 0.1% growth that a poll of City economists had forecast. Continue reading...

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