28 h. ago Despite Labour rivalling Celebrity Traitors for intrigue, Rachel Reeves must be faithful to this key pledge

As we have learned from bitter experience, voters can pay a high price for Chancellors’ mistakes

Politics

50 h. ago Reeves not ‘playing fast and loose with people’s money’ amid tax U

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy would not be drawn into speculation that Ms Reeves has abandoned plans for the manifesto-breaking tax hike.

Economics

58 h. ago Reeves urged to cut windfall tax and not ‘sacrifice’ oil and gas workers

The Chancellor is due to deliver her budget later this month.

Economics

66 h. ago Fears Labour's 'big tax' Budget will spark recession after economy stalls with GDP up just 0.1% in third quarter... but Reeves blames hackers

Analysts voiced alarm about the outlook after the UK eked out a paltry 0.1 per cent expansion of GDP in the third quarter of the year.

Economics

67 h. ago Reeves’s actions would suggest she’s trying to slow economy down, says former NatWest chief

Labour chancellor under fire ahead of crunch Budget as new figures show GDP growth has slowed

Politics

3 d. ago What about that growth drive, Chancellor? Labour stalls economy with GDP up just 0.1% in third quarter after dire September

UK plc eked out a 0.1 per cent GDP expansion in the third quarter of the year, worse than analysts had expected.

Politics

3 d. ago New blow for Reeves as economy stalls close to zero in run up to Budget

GDP inches ahead by just 0.1% in the third quarter in a grim set of figures that one City analyst said revived the spectre of recession

Economics

3 d. ago New blow for Reeves as economy stalls in run up to the Budget

GDP rose by just 0.1% in the third quarter in what one City analyst described as a “kick in the teeth” for the Chancellor

Economics

3 d. ago What about that growth drive, Chancellor? Labour stalls economy as GDP slumps to just 0.1% in first quarter after dire September

UK plc eked out a 0.1 per cent GDP expansion in the first quarter of the year, worse than analysts had expected.

Politics

5 d. ago Labour's flagship manifesto pledge on tax to be ripped up, Reeves makes clear ahead of Budget

The Chancellor said sticking to Labour’s manifesto commitments would mean ‘deep cuts’ to capital spending, something she indicated she will not do

Economics

5 d. ago Reeves signals she will break manifesto pledge with Budget tax rises

Chancellor hopes to win support from Labour MPs by lifting two-child benefit cap

Economics

6 d. ago Reeves to hammer London and South East with 2.8m facing Budget blow from 2p income tax rise

The Chancellor has been hit by a Labour revolt over breaking the party’s manifesto by raising income tax

Economics

7 d. ago Scottish Finance Secretary requests urgent meeting with Chancellor before Budget

Shona Robison has asked to meet Rachel Reeves where she will set out her three tests for the upcoming Budget.

Economics

8 d. ago Almost 9million pensioners to be hit by Rachel Reeves's income tax raid as Chancellor 'tells Budget watchdog she will break Labour's manifesto pledge'

The Chancellor has paved the way for fresh levy hikes later this month after she used a Downing Street speech on Tuesday to warn Britons: 'Each of us must do our bit.'

Economics

8 d. ago Almost 9million pensioners to be hit by Rachel Reeves' income tax raid as Chancellor 'tells Budget watchdog she will break Labour's manifesto pledge'

The Chancellor has paved the way for fresh levy hikes later this month after she used a Downing Street speech on Tuesday to warn Britons: 'Each of us must do our bit.'

Economics

8 d. ago 2p or not 2p? Rachel Reeves 'tells Budget watchdog she plans to break Labour's manifesto' as Chancellor mulls 'putting 2p on income tax while cutting 2p from National Insurance'

The Chancellor is said to have told the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) that a rise in personal taxation is one of the 'major measures' she is planning to announce.

Economics

1 week ago Reeves must slash tax again before next election if she breaks manifesto pledge, Tony Blair think tank warns

Labour chancellor told any tax hikes must be temporary in a bid to break Britain’s ‘tax-and-spend doom loop’

Events

1 week ago Labour MPs turn on Rachel Reeves as Chancellor hints at breaking manifesto pledge not to raise income tax

The Chancellor hinted this week that she is considering a manifesto-busting rise in income tax as she grapples with a black hole in the public finances estimated at up to £30 billion.

Politics

1 week ago 'She's attacking the wrong people!': Daily Mail readers stick the boot in to Rachel Reeves over tax hike plans... and predict what will happen next

Commenters were staunchly opposed to reports the Chancellor will go back on Labour 's manifesto promise not to increase taxes for 'working people' in her Budget on November 26.

Events

1 week ago George Osborne issues stark warning to Reeves over tax hikes

The former chancellor described the government as ‘constrained by its promise’ after Labour’s general election manifesto pledged to not increase VAT, national insurance or income tax

Events