4 h. ago Trump tells UK to buy chlorinated chicken from US if it wants tariff relief

The UK has long-ruled out allowing imports of chlorine-washed chicken from the US, with Rachel Reeves in November reiterating her opposition

Politics

19 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Reeves pranced in, her orbit tinkling with laughter. But on camera, she started sounding like a duck

With the economy smoking like a wonky Moskvitch, how was Rachel Reeves faring?Was she feeling under the cosh from Donald Trump's tariffs and the pratfall of her Budget?

Politics

20 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: How those lawyerly, cocksure sentences rolled forth... was Lord Hermer's first word as a toddler 'heretofore'?

With the economy smoking like a wonky Moskvitch, how was Rachel Reeves faring?Was she feeling under the cosh from Donald Trump's tariffs and the pratfall of her Budget?

Politics

23 h. ago SNP demand for Rachel Reeves to tax the rich to stop further Scotland spending cuts

The Scottish Government has called for a wealth tax to be introduced to protect public services.

Economics

23 h. ago MSPs will have to ‘reckon’ with impact of UK Government cuts, says Robison

The Scottish Government’s Finance Secretary was speaking in response to the Chancellor’s spring statement last week.

Politics

24 h. ago Welsh public services face £65m black hole due to tax hike, Senedd hears

Mark Drakeford, the Welsh Finance Secretary, said Rachel Reeves is ‘wrong’ to use the Barnett formula to distribute funding for public services.

Economics

24 h. ago The British firms set to be hardest hit by Trump's sweeping tariffs TODAY

It's only a week since Rachel Reeves unveiled her Spring Statement but her plan to balance the nation's books looks set to blown out of the water.

Politics

27 h. ago ‘Fantasy figure’ to claim families £3,500 poorer under Labour, says Starmer

The Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch clashed over the UK economy in the Commons.

Economics

30 h. ago Some drivers who park car on driveway at risk of extra £128 cost from this week

The findings, calculated by Carmoola, a digital car finance lender, follow the energy regulator's price cap increase and Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Spring statement

Economics

32 h. ago Tens of thousands of British jobs at risk as Trump unveils 'Liberation Day' tariffs TONIGHT: Fears UK will be flooded with cheap Chinese goods and Rachel Reeves forced to hike taxes

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have failed to carve out an exemption from the US president's trade war despite weeks of intense negotiations.

Events

36 h. ago SNP urges Rachel Reeves to 'change course' as benefit cuts risks 'social and economic damage'

Shona Robison spoke out after the UK Chancellor last week announced nearly £5 billion in benefit cuts by the end of the decade.

Events

40 h. ago Donald Trump's crippling 'Liberation Day' tariffs threaten crisis for Rachel Reeves with Chancellor's headroom to be wiped out just one week after cuts

Rachel Reeves will face a fresh crisis today as Donald Trump unleashes a fresh barrage of crippling tariffs.

Events

40 h. ago Westminster decisions ‘risk serious social and economic damage’, says Robison

The Finance Secretary said the Scottish Government would push UK ministers to ‘change course’.

Events

40 h. ago Government pushes reforms of ‘green tape’ in bid to boost growth and nature

Review says current system of environmental regulations not working, but conservationists warn of ‘high risk’ to nature in planning reforms.

Politics

42 h. ago Cost of national insurance rise could fix 14m potholes, say Tories

It is the second Conservative attack this week on the national insurance rise due to come into effect on Sunday.

Politics

48 h. ago Watch in full: Economists grilled on Rachel Reeves’s spring statement as millions brace for bill rises (cloned)

Watch as UK economists appear before parliament's Treasury Committee on Tuesday, 1 April, to answer questions about Rachel Reeves's spring statement.

Economics

49 h. ago Children challenge government in High Court over 'unprecedented' VAT hike on private schools

The Government is fighting a judicial review over its controversial policy to make private schools pay VAT on fees

Politics

50 h. ago Heartbreak as UK's pie and mash shops 'slowly die' as they beg Rachel Reeves for more help

Heartbreak as UK's pie and mash shops 'slowly die' as they beg Rachel Reeves for more help  Daily Express

Events

50 h. ago Watch live: Economists grilled on Rachel Reeves’s spring statement as millions brace for bill rises

Watch live as UK economists appear before parliament's Treasury Committee on Tuesday, 1 April, to answer questions about Rachel Reeves's spring statement.

Economics

54 h. ago Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves dodge pain of energy and water hikes thanks to 'cap' on bills at Downing Street flats... as they enjoy Westminster's low council tax

Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves only pay a taxable benefit on running costs at the grace-and-favour apartments in Downing Street .

Economics