3 d. ago Which tax rises could Rachel Reeves introduce to pay for the £5bn welfare U

Labour’s pledge not to raise taxes on ‘working people’ leaves the chancellor with a limited number of workable options to fill the £5bn hole in the public finances left by this week’s welfare climbdown

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4 d. ago Watch: Rachel Reeves appears to cry at PMQs after Starmer refuses to guarantee she will stay on

Watch as Rachel Reeves appears to cry during Prime Ministers Questions on Wednesday (2 July), with Kemi Badenoch saying she looks "absolutely miserable”.

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3 w. ago Tax rises will come if economy shrinks further, IFS warns Rachel Reeves after Spending Review

The Spending Review delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves has had a mixed response.

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3 w. ago Voices: Rachel Reeves sounded like she was fighting for her political life

Delivering her spending review, the chancellor even made her theatrical opposite number look convincing – she needs to rediscover her firebrand energy and win Labour MPs back onside, says John Rentoul

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3 w. ago Watch: Rachel Reeves delivers spending review as chancellor pledges to make working people ‘better off’

Watch again as Rachel Reeves delivered her much-anticipated spending review on Wednesday (11 June) as the chancellor pledged to make working people “better off”.

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3 w. ago Reeves says use of hotels for asylum seekers to end ‘in this parliament’ – UK politics live

Chancellor delivers spending review, claiming asylum move will save £1bn and says health spending represents a record cash investmentSpending review: key points at a glanceGreen party MPs and activists joined a protest outside parliament today saying the government should use the spending review to announce a wealth tax. In a post on social media, Adrian Ramsay, the party’s co-leader, said:We expect the chancellor to take another axe to public spending today: decline by design from a govt that refuses to tax wealth to properly fund our overstretched public services & support the most vulnerable. We need to invest in a secure & fairer future. #TaxExtremeWealth Continue reading...

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3 w. ago MIKEY SMITH: I was in the Commons for Rachel Reeves' speech and I've never seen the Tories more miserable

A year out of power. Still finding the opposition benches a little uncomfortable. Feeling like the cameras don't point at them quite as often as they used to. And forced to watch Rachel Reeves announce 1.4 trillion popular things that they didn't do

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3 w. ago DAN HODGES: Rachel Reeves has opted to spend like a drunken sailor on shore leave in the Chagos Islands. It's now a matter of 'when' not 'if' she comes back to pick our pockets with tax rises

After the statement Rachel Reeves just delivered to unveil the Government's Spending Review, it appears she is actually cosplaying at being the new Liz Truss, says DAN HODGES.

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3 w. ago Voices: Has Rachel Reeves got the balance right in her first spending review? Join The Independent Debate

Rachel Reeves’ first multi-year spending review as chancellor delivers major investment pledges in health, housing and infrastructure, but critics have raised questions and warn that ‘sharp trade-offs are unavoidable’

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3 w. ago Spending Review: Scotland to get £52billion as Rachel Reeves also confirms Acorn Project funds

The Chancellor delivered the Spending Review on Wednesday

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3 w. ago Spending Review: Scotland to get £52billion, Rachel Reeves says as figure sparks row with SNP

The Chancellor delivered the Spending Review on Wednesday

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3 w. ago Watch live: Rachel Reeves delivers spending review as chancellor pledges to make working people ‘better off’

Watch live: Rachel Reeves delivers her much-anticipated spending review on Wednesday (11 June) as the chancellor pledges to make working people “better off”.

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3 w. ago Watch live: Starmer faces Badenoch at PMQs ahead of Rachel Reeves spending review

Watch live as Keir Starmer faces Kemi Badenoch at Prime Minister’s Questions ahead of Rachel Reeves’ much-anticipated spending review on Wednesday (11 June).

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3 w. ago Winter Fuel Payment changes in full from today's Spending Review

The change to Winter Fuel Payments was finally confirmed this week ahead of the Spending Review, which is being delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in the House of Commons

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3 w. ago Rachel Reeves spending review: When will the Chancellor announce the plans? What is a spending review?

The Spending Review will be delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves on Wednesday.

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3 w. 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.

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3 w. 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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3 w. ago Rachel Reeves spending review: What will be in the spending review and what does it mean for Scotland?

The Spending Review will be delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves on Wednesday.

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last month Keir Starmer's muddled politics are reaching their limit. It's time for him to make a choice | Andy Beckett

Veer left or double down on the right? Either way, the prime minister needs to commit and sell it to an impatient electorateAfter less than a year in power, Labour has reached a familiar place. Keir Starmer’s troubled government is at a fork in the road, wondering which direction to follow. With the delivery of its spending review next week after several acrimonious delays, and a Commons vote on its divisive welfare cuts expected later this month, the government’s unity and morale are fragile. The public finances are severely strained, with ever more competing demands, such as for extra defence spending. Though much more energetic than its Tory predecessor, this government often seems opaque, unable to explain its purpose in a compelling way.Many voters and journalists – even more impatient than usual after years of manic politics – are already considering what might replace Starmer’s administration. At barely 20% in the polls, Labour is as unpopular as in its most disliked days und...

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