7 h. ago DWP benefits budget facing 'billions' in austerity cuts as Labour looks for cost savings

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to slash billions of pounds from the welfare bill and other government budgets as she battles to balance the books

Economics

9 h. ago Whitehall departments ‘asked to reveal lowest priority spending’ ahead of Reeves’ planned cuts

Whitehall departments and the welfare budget are areas being targeted for spending cuts ahead of the Spring Statement

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10 h. ago Is Rachel Reeves about to fix Britain’s public finances on the backs of the poorest members of society?

Editorial: As the chancellor prepares to present her plans for social security reforms she must assess whether her cost-cutting measures are unnecessarily punitive, or indeed realistic

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12 h. ago Councils disappointed as London excluded from Government's £1.5bn plan to tackle deprivation

Chancellor Rachel Reeves promised to ‘reform’ the plan inherited from the Tories - but lack of new funding means London still won’t benefit from it

Economics

16 h. ago Rachel Reeves plans huge cuts to benefits and public spending in Spring Statement

Rachel Reeves faces calls to step back from becoming 'Labour's austerity Chancellor' as she prepares to slash billions of pounds from welfare and other Government budgets

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16 h. ago Starmer highlights UK’s war record in implicit rebuke to Vance as Lib Dems mock Badenoch for defending him – UK politics live

Interventions follow US vice president’s comments about ‘20,000 troops from some random country that has not fought a war in 40 years’In response to a question about intelligence cooperation with the US, Sir David Manning, a former ambassador to Washington, said he thought this would become “more difficult” because there was a problem of trust. He explained:If you have some of Trump’s appointees in these key jobs who have very strange track records, and have said very strange things about Nato allies, the Nato alliance and so on, and you have people in the administration who seem to be, let’s say, looking for ways of appeasing Russia, then you have a problem on the intelligence front, because these are not the values that we have. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Starmer highlights UK’s war record in implicit rebuke to Vance as Badenoch says she does not approve of ‘Twitter pile

Interventions follow US vice president’s comments about ‘20,000 troops from some random country that has not fought a war in 40 years’In response to a question about intelligence cooperation with the US, Sir David Manning, a former ambassador to Washington, said he thought this would become “more difficult” because there was a problem of trust. He explained:If you have some of Trump’s appointees in these key jobs who have very strange track records, and have said very strange things about Nato allies, the Nato alliance and so on, and you have people in the administration who seem to be, let’s say, looking for ways of appeasing Russia, then you have a problem on the intelligence front, because these are not the values that we have. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Patsy Palmer's EastEnders exit 'confirmed' as fans 'work out' Bianca Jackson health twist

EastEnders fans are convinced that Patsy Palmer's character Bianca Jackson is set to leave Albert Square soon after her sister Sonia Fowler's recent departure was confirmed

Economics

22 h. ago Rachel Reeves 'plans to slash £5bn' from welfare as she scrambles to find more room for defence spending

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to present the Treasury watchdog with draft proposals for trimming the government's outlay - said to include up to £5billion from welfare.

Economics

22 h. ago Trump’s tariffs will harm UK and lead to higher inflation, admits Rachel Reeves

US president facing retaliation from Canada and China after imposing long threatened tax on goods amid fears of a global trade war

Economics

22 h. ago Chancellor plans sweeping welfare cuts amid tariffs warning, higher inflation and increasing borrowing costs

A minister has defended the proposals saying there is a ‘moral case’ for cutting Britain’s welfare bill

Economics

22 h. ago Labour Government expected to slash benefits in huge spring statement spending cuts

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will make the spring statement on March 26.

Politics

24 h. ago Seven words from Rachel Reeves that have convinced me she's set to slash your cash Isa: JEFF PRESTRIDGE

The end of the tax year is looming large on the horizon, which means the mad scramble to use our annual Isa allowance before April 5 has begun.

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24 h. ago Rachel Reeves scrambles to find more room for defence spending with plan to slash '£5bn' from welfare in Spring Statement

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to present the Treasury watchdog with draft proposals for trimming the government's outlay - said to include up to £5billion from welfare.

Economics

24 h. ago UK chancellor to propose spending cuts to fix worsening public finances

Welfare bill in focus as Rachel Reeves’ £9.9bn of fiscal ‘headroom’ wiped out by higher borrowing costs

Economics

32 h. ago MPs write to Starmer about ‘deep concern’ over aid budget cut

Sarah Champion, chairwoman of the International Development Committee, said the ‘brutal’ cut to funds ‘risks undermining our soft power’.

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34 h. ago EXCLUSIVE: Seven words from Rachel Reeves that's convinced me she's set to slash your cash Isa: JEFF PRESTRIDGE

The end of the tax year is looming large on the horizon, which means the mad scramble to use our annual Isa allowance before April 5 has begun.

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34 h. ago Rachel Reeves warns Britain will not escape the pain of Donald Trump's trade wars as global markets tumble

It came as Mr Trump's swingeing new tariffs on imports from Mexico , Canada and China took effect - and all three countries said they would retaliate.

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39 h. ago Trump’s tariffs will harm UK even if we’re exempt, admits Rachel Reeves

US president facing retaliation from Canada and China after imposing long threatened tax on goods amid fears of a global trade war

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40 h. ago Rachel Reeves says a MILLION young people being 'at home doing nothing' is a 'stain on our country'

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said it is 'crucial' that the government tackles the issue of 18-24 year-olds wasting the 'best time of their lives' at home 'doing nothing'.

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