4 h. ago Voices: The ghost at the feast haunting Rachel Reeves’s bombshell speech to the City

Whisper it: What about wealth tax, chancellor, asks Andrew Grice

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5 h. ago Voices: The ghost at the feast haunting Rachel Reeves’ bombshell speech to the City

Whisper it: What about wealth tax, Chancellor? ask Andrew Grice

Events

6 h. ago Voices: Inflation has delivered a nasty shock – but don’t panic just yet...

The Bank of England can still cut rates at its August meeting, reassures James Moore. So, this blip may prove temporary...

Economics

25 h. ago Voices: Will Rachel Reeves’ mortgage bombshell do more harm than good?

The chancellor is right to woo the City – she can’t risk alienating them when she needs their support, writes James Moore. But I’m not convinced her plan to win them over will work

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4 d. ago Rachel Reeves’s growth mission is struggling to get off the ground

Editorial: The chancellor is said to be ‘disappointed’ after the UK economy unexpectedly shrank for the second month in a row in May, as well she might be

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5 d. ago Voices: The economy has shrunk yet again – but it’s not all doom and gloom...

The hangover from Trump’s tariffs at the start of the year is proving tougher to shake than expected, writes James Moore – but there is a slight silver lining

Economics

1 week ago Voices: For crying out loud: are you ready for the ‘politics of pain’ about to hit us?

I once accused the PM and his chancellor of being too gloomy, writes John Rentoul. Turns out they were not gloomy enough – and they’ll have to lead the nation through another vale of tears

Politics

1 week ago Voices: The markets have spoken – and it is they, not the prime minister, that saved Rachel Reeves

In its response to the chancellor’s possible resignation, in the face of market jitters, the City has made it clear that she is Labour’s only candidate for No 11, says James Moore – and any attempt to replace her could prove very expensive for the country

Politics

1 week ago Voices: Kemi Badenoch’s lack of empathy over Rachel Reeves’s tears will come back to haunt her

Neither her party nor the public seems to like the Badenoch style, writes Sean O’Grady. Her tasteless lack of empathy for the chancellor is indicative of a leadership marked by arrogant dismissiveness

Politics

2 w. ago Voices: Has Kemi Badenoch finally shown the killer instinct to save her as Tory leader?

Her filleting of Starmer and Reeves in the Commons is arguably her biggest success since becoming opposition leader. It could silence complaints by her Conservative critics that she lacks the ruthless skills needed to become prime minister, writes Simon Walters.

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2 w. ago Voices: Watching Rachel Reeves crying in the Commons was quietly devastating

A single tear rolled down the chancellor’s cheeks at PMQs in a rare and distressing display of emotion from the ‘Iron Chancellor’. I found myself wanting to cry too, says Victoria Richards

Politics

2 w. ago Voices: When it’s Rachel Reeves vs Andrew Bailey, I know who my money’s on

The governor of the Bank of England's response to the chancellor trying to talk up the flagging jobs market is quietly devastating, writes James Moore

Politics

3 w. ago Voices: Don’t panic, chancellor – there’s still hope for interest rate cuts

Forget homeowners with tracker mortgages or those desperate for a better deal – the person who’s hurting the most from the Bank of England’s decision not to lower interest rates is Rachel Reeves, says James Moore

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