Rachel Reeves offers a bold and commendable blueprint for rebuilding Britain
6 months ago

Rachel Reeves offers a bold and commendable blueprint for rebuilding Britain

The Independent  

Britain’s first female chancellor of the Exchequer made an assured debut in her first speech in her new role. More immediately, Ms Reeves set out two of the big policy changes she intends to make as chancellor – to reform planning law to make it easier to build things, especially homes, and to lift the effective ban on new onshore wind turbines. “The question is not whether we want growth,” she said, “but how strong is our resolve.” She insisted that she is willing to “risk short-term political pain to fix Britain’s foundations”. In answer to questions, Ms Reeves was reluctant to call herself a yimby – “yes in my backyard” – but she has done something more important, namely to start to tilt the machinery of government in a different and better direction. “I know that many of you aren’t used to hearing this after recent years,” she said, “but I believe that the promises that a party is elected on should be delivered on in government, and we will do so.” This is a tough message on several levels.

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Nigel Farage ‘hasn’t got a clue’ how to fix the economy, says Rachel Reeves
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Nigel Farage ‘hasn’t got a clue’ how to fix the economy, says Rachel Reeves

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Rachel Reeves banks on fixing Brexit to achieve pledged economic growth
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1 month ago

Rachel Reeves banks on fixing Brexit to achieve pledged economic growth

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Reeves insists public services will have to ‘live within their means’
1 month ago

Reeves insists public services will have to ‘live within their means’

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Reeves has gone from cosying up to business to confrontational – and it will be disastrous
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Reeves has gone from cosying up to business to confrontational – and it will be disastrous

The Independent  

Rachel Reeves urgently needs a new script – and some pizzazz. The chancellor insisted she had “drawn a line under the inheritance I faced” from the Conservative government and stressed “we’re never going to have to do a Budget like that again”. Now, they’ve had Andrew Bailey, governor at the Bank of England, where Reeves likes to say she was …

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget clears first House of Commons hurdle
2 months ago

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget clears first House of Commons hurdle

The Independent  

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Reeves insists Labour will secure growth as she defends Budget choices
2 months ago

Reeves insists Labour will secure growth as she defends Budget choices

The Independent  

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Will the Budget cost you money - and did Rachel Reeves do a good job? This is Money podcast
2 months, 1 week ago

Will the Budget cost you money - and did Rachel Reeves do a good job? This is Money podcast

Daily Mail  

Rachel Reeves' maiden Budget saw the first-ever female chancellor make £40billion of sweeping tax rises in to plug funding gaps in the NHS and schools. Among the Autumn Budget losers were landlords, investors and those who have stashed wealth in their pension, as stamp duty, capital gains tax and inheritance tax all came under the spotlight. We also dig into …

Martin Lewis blasts Rachel Reeves for not coming on his ITV Money Show as he tears apart Autumn Budget in a brutal rant
2 months, 1 week ago

Martin Lewis blasts Rachel Reeves for not coming on his ITV Money Show as he tears apart Autumn Budget in a brutal rant

Daily Mail  

Martin Lewis publicly blasted the Chancellor for not appearing on his popular ITV show yesterday and said she had 'missed the chance to give her interpretation' on the Autumn Budget. Martin Lewis publicly blasted the Chancellor for not appearing on his popular ITV show yesterday and said she had 'missed the chance to give her interpretation' In a package that …

How Chancellor Rachel Reeves' all-male predecessors shaped centuries-old role: A urinal in their Treasury office, whiskey at the despatch box and a five-hour Commons speech
2 months, 1 week ago

How Chancellor Rachel Reeves' all-male predecessors shaped centuries-old role: A urinal in their Treasury office, whiskey at the despatch box and a five-hour Commons speech

Daily Mail  

Rachel Reeves vowed in the summer that, as Britain's first female Chancellor of the Exchequer, she would 'smash glass ceilings and urinals'. The winners and losers, from low paid workers, to pensioners, savers and first time buyers How Chancellor Rachel Reeves' all-male predecessors shaped centuries-old role MailOnline readers across Britain give THEIR verdict on today's budget and what it means …

When Rachel Reeves delivers her Budget today, please don’t talk about what she’s wearing
2 months, 1 week ago

When Rachel Reeves delivers her Budget today, please don’t talk about what she’s wearing

The Independent  

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Rachel Reeves is Britain’s first ever female chancellor – and there’s ‘peril’ in that
2 months, 1 week ago

Rachel Reeves is Britain’s first ever female chancellor – and there’s ‘peril’ in that

The Independent  

When Rachel Reeves became the first female chancellor since the post was created 800 years ago, there was no disguising her pride in her historic achievement. It’s symbolism, but it matters.” Even Reeves’s political nemesis, the shadow chancellor Jeremy Hunt, acknowledges the significance, telling me: “Keir Starmer was generous about Rishi being the first prime minister of Indian origin and …

Reeves warns that Budget pain will just be the beginning with more difficult choices to come
2 months, 1 week ago

Reeves warns that Budget pain will just be the beginning with more difficult choices to come

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Hoyle rebukes Chancellor Rachel Reeves over ‘premature disclosure’ of Budget
2 months, 1 week ago

Hoyle rebukes Chancellor Rachel Reeves over ‘premature disclosure’ of Budget

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'Make no mistake, this will be Rachel's Budget': October announcement will reveal Chancellor's vision for the future of Britain more than it does Keir Starmer's, allies say
2 months, 3 weeks ago

'Make no mistake, this will be Rachel's Budget': October announcement will reveal Chancellor's vision for the future of Britain more than it does Keir Starmer's, allies say

Daily Mail  

The Budget will reveal Rachel Reeves's vision for the future of the UK, rather than that of Sir Keir Starmer, say allies of the Chancellor. MPs expect Ms Reeves to emerge from the October 30 announcement looking increasingly powerful as she sets out her plan for the economy, despite the tax-raising measures that are expected to hit families. She will …

Rachel Reeves warns of ‘difficult’ tax choices at the Budget
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Rachel Reeves warns of ‘difficult’ tax choices at the Budget

The Telegraph  

Rachel Reeves has warned of “difficult” tax choices coming up at her first Budget at the end of the month. The Chancellor told a meeting of Sir Keir Starmer’s political Cabinet that it would take more than just one Budget to fix the public finances as she signalled harsh spending, welfare and tax decisions. A Labour spokesman said: “The Chancellor …

Chancellor ‘hit the right notes’ in vision for economy, say business leaders
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Chancellor ‘hit the right notes’ in vision for economy, say business leaders

The Independent  

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Rachel Reeves smiled through the storms in Liverpool (or was it a grimace?)
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Rachel Reeves smiled through the storms in Liverpool (or was it a grimace?)

The Independent  

Rachel Reeves glided through the morning media circus wearing a Stepford Wives smile that said, “Honestly, everything’s just peachy” when we all knew that, actually, it was anything but. As for austerity, Reeves assured Today listeners not to worry as “there won’t be a return to austerity, there will be real terms increases to government spending”. He was talking about …

Why the Left wants to tempt Reeves into a risky borrowing binge
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Why the Left wants to tempt Reeves into a risky borrowing binge

The Telegraph  

In her first big move as Chancellor, Rachel Reeves sought to demonstrate an iron grip over the public purse. Now he either breaks them – or makes more cuts and bleeds popularity.” The paper has also since been joined by eight economists, mostly from academia and the public sector, who have written a letter arguing the Chancellor should tear up …

Watch as chancellor Rachel Reeves sets out Labour’s plan for economic growth
5 months, 1 week ago

Watch as chancellor Rachel Reeves sets out Labour’s plan for economic growth

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Watch as chancellor Rachel Reeves gives first major speech on Labour’s plan for economic growth
6 months ago

Watch as chancellor Rachel Reeves gives first major speech on Labour’s plan for economic growth

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Rachel Reeves to bring back house-building targets
6 months ago

Rachel Reeves to bring back house-building targets

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Rachel Reeves will reinstate compulsory house-building targets as part of an overhaul of Britain’s planning rules. The announcement will raise fears that Labour will push councils to build on green belt land to help it meet its promise of building 1.5 million new homes over the next five years. She will argue that changing the planning system is the sort …

Reeves warns of ‘difficult decisions’ as she outlines plan to reverse £140bn Tory black hole
6 months ago

Reeves warns of ‘difficult decisions’ as she outlines plan to reverse £140bn Tory black hole

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Who is Rachel Reeves, UK's first female Chancellor of Exchequer?
6 months ago

Who is Rachel Reeves, UK's first female Chancellor of Exchequer?

Hindustan Times  

Labour Party leader Rachel Reeves created history on Friday after she was appointed by Sir Keir Starmer, the UK's new Prime Minister, as his Chancellor of the Exchequer, making Reeves the first woman to hold the coveted post. Britain's new Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaves 11 Downing Street in London on July 5, 2024 as cabinet appointments are …

Fact check: Rachel Reeves empathises with woman struggling with her bills
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Fact check: Rachel Reeves empathises with woman struggling with her bills

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Did Rachel Reeves just bury New Labour economics… and pave the way for ‘sirkeironomics’?
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Did Rachel Reeves just bury New Labour economics… and pave the way for ‘sirkeironomics’?

The Independent  

Waiting for Labour’s tax and spending plans is like waiting for Godot. Labour doesn’t “do” that: Keir Starmer would excommunicate anyone who dared to utter the L-word: landslide. "Two years" is a phrase whispered by Labour advisers – a reference to shadow chancellor Gordon Brown’s dramatic announcement before the 1997 election that Labour would accept the Tories’ very tight spending …

Rachel Reeves pitches herself as Labour’s version of Margaret Thatcher as she vows new chapter in Britain’s economy
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Rachel Reeves pitches herself as Labour’s version of Margaret Thatcher as she vows new chapter in Britain’s economy

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Rachel Reeves hints at tax raid on the wealthy to 'rebuild Britain' in Labour conference speech as she is endorsed by Brexit critic former Bank of England governor Mark Carney (but doesn't mention inf
1 year, 3 months ago

Rachel Reeves hints at tax raid on the wealthy to 'rebuild Britain' in Labour conference speech as she is endorsed by Brexit critic former Bank of England governor Mark Carney (but doesn't mention inf

Daily Mail  

Rachel Reeves hinted at a tax raid on the wealthy to 'rebuild Britain' today as she was endorsed by former Bank of England governor Mark Carney. Rachel Reeves hinted at a tax raid on the wealthy to 'rebuild Britain' today as she was endorsed by former Bank of England governor Mark Carney The shadow chancellor hit out at the Tories …

‘Britain should be embarrassed’ that it’s never had a female chancellor, says Rachel Reeves as she eyes up role
1 year, 9 months ago

‘Britain should be embarrassed’ that it’s never had a female chancellor, says Rachel Reeves as she eyes up role

The Independent  

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