Rachel Reeves is accused of holding back the economy after Britain eked out growth of just 0.2 per cent in August
5 months, 1 week ago

Rachel Reeves is accused of holding back the economy after Britain eked out growth of just 0.2 per cent in August

Daily Mail  

Rachel Reeves was yesterday accused of holding back the economy after Britain eked out growth of just 0.2 per cent in August amid the Chancellor’s relentlessly ‘negative’ rhetoric. Rachel Reeves put a positive tone on the news on Friday, pointing to a major investment summit being held next week Official figures showed GDP expanding 0.2 per cent at the end of the summer after two grim months of zero growth But Simon French, chief economist at City broker Panmure Liberum, said: ‘The frustration has been how much better it could have been without the over negative framing of the economic inheritance.’ Ben Jones, lead economist at the Confederation of British Industry, said there were ‘encouraging signs’ in the latest GDP figures. Neil Birrell, chief investment officer at asset manager Premier Miton, said August’s growth ‘feels like a long time ago now’. He added: ‘Since then, concerns over government fiscal policy have dented consumer and business confidence and it’s hard to believe that won’t have a real world impact.’ Julian Jessop, economics fellow at free market think-tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: ‘The return to growth in August adds to evidence that the UK economy still has plenty of positive momentum.

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Fresh woe for Reeves as OECD joins bodies slashing UK growth forecasts - leaving the Chancellor scrabbling to fill '£15bn' hole in the government books
3 days, 21 hours ago

Fresh woe for Reeves as OECD joins bodies slashing UK growth forecasts - leaving the Chancellor scrabbling to fill '£15bn' hole in the government books

Daily Mail  

There was fresh woe for Rachel Reeves today as another influential body downgraded Britain's growth forecasts. The international think-tank said it sees global growth slowing from 3.2 per cent in 2024 to 3.1 per cent this year and 3 per cent. Inflation in the G20 group of countries is predicted to hit 3.8 per cent this year and 3.2 per …

UK’s Reeves floats ‘radical shake-up’ of bureaucracy to cut business costs
4 days, 7 hours ago

UK’s Reeves floats ‘radical shake-up’ of bureaucracy to cut business costs

Al Jazeera  

British chancellor to meet regulators on Monday to announce ‘action plan’ for cutting red tape. The United Kingdom’s Labour Party government is set to announce a “radical shake-up” of bureaucracy aimed at cutting administrative costs for businesses by a quarter. British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves is set to meet with regulators on Monday to announce the “action plan” …

UK economy unexpectedly shrinks in January, in blow to Treasury chief ahead of key statement
6 days, 20 hours ago

UK economy unexpectedly shrinks in January, in blow to Treasury chief ahead of key statement

Associated Press  

LONDON — The British economy unexpectedly shrank during January, piling pressure on Treasury chief Rachel Reeves before a key statement about the state of the public finances later this month. Though monthly figures are notoriously volatile and prone to future revision, the decline puts in sharp relief the struggles the Labour government, elected last July after 14 years in opposition, …

UK’s Reeves risks breaking budget promises, IFS think tank says
2 weeks, 1 day ago

UK’s Reeves risks breaking budget promises, IFS think tank says

Live Mint  

LONDON, March 6 - British finance minister Rachel Reeves could have to choose between tax rises and a return to austerity when she delivers a budget update this month, a leading think tank said on Thursday. The IFS said Reeves could extend a freeze on the thresholds at which people start to pay different income tax rates beyond its current …

Rachel Reeves 'plans to slash £5bn' from welfare as she scrambles to find more room for defence spending
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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Rachel Reeves 'plans to slash £5bn' from welfare as she scrambles to find more room for defence spending

Daily Mail  

Ministers are making the 'moral case' for cutting welfare as Rachel Reeves scrambles to find billions of pounds with the economy stalling and defence demands on the rise. Many blame the stuttering performance on the extra burden placed on businesses, while Ms Reeves has acknowledged that Britain will be hit by Donald Trump's tariffs even if only indirectly. Rachel Reeves …

From lying on her CV to her Who’s Who entry – will the real Rachel Reeves please stand up?
1 month ago

From lying on her CV to her Who’s Who entry – will the real Rachel Reeves please stand up?

The Independent  

Another week, another excruciating moment of confusion for Rachel Reeves, the woman tasked with sorting out Britain’s flailing economy. After speaking to “twenty people, many of whom were former colleagues” of Reeves, the report found that a “detailed six-page whistleblowing complaint and dozens of pages of attached evidence, which we have seen, raised concerns that the three managers were using …

Rachel Reeves ‘wrongly claimed to have work published in leading economics journal’
1 month ago

Rachel Reeves ‘wrongly claimed to have work published in leading economics journal’

The Independent  

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Can Rachel Reeves survive questions over her expenses and CV?
1 month ago

Can Rachel Reeves survive questions over her expenses and CV?

The Independent  

How much easier would Keir Starmer’s life be if his chancellor, Rachel Reeves, decided that the various allegations flying around about her CV and past behaviour at a bank were “too much of a distraction” from the important work of the government? Obviously these fresh questions about Reeves’s personal behaviour in the past – some dating back 20 years – …

Rachel Reeves ‘investigated over expenses’ while working at bank
1 month, 1 week ago

Rachel Reeves ‘investigated over expenses’ while working at bank

The Independent  

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Rachel Reeves 'was investigated over her expenses' after complaints she was using system to 'fund a lifestyle' when she worked for bank
1 month, 1 week ago

Rachel Reeves 'was investigated over her expenses' after complaints she was using system to 'fund a lifestyle' when she worked for bank

Daily Mail  

Rachel Reeves was investigated over irregularities in her expenses claims when she worked for a bank, it was claimed today. The Chancellor and two other senior managers at the central bank are said to have been subject to an internal audit at Halifax Bank of Scotland after whistleblowers alleged they were using the system to 'fund a lifestyle' including dinners, …

Chancellor ‘still not satisfied’ despite surprise economic growth at end of 2024
1 month, 1 week ago

Chancellor ‘still not satisfied’ despite surprise economic growth at end of 2024

The Independent  

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Rachel Reeves might crack a smile today after unexpected 0.1% economy boost... it is her birthday, after all. But businesses and households may not be so chipper, writes HUGO DUNCAN
1 month, 1 week ago

Rachel Reeves might crack a smile today after unexpected 0.1% economy boost... it is her birthday, after all. But businesses and households may not be so chipper, writes HUGO DUNCAN

Daily Mail  

It could have been worse. Businesses and households may not be so chipper, however GDP rose by 0.1 per cent between October and December - barely detectable, but significantly better than the 0.1 per cent contracted analysts had pencilled in That is when economies stagnate but prices continue to rise – depressing the living standards of millions. The Bank of …

Should Rachel Reeves pay for her mishandling of the economy?
1 month, 1 week ago

Should Rachel Reeves pay for her mishandling of the economy?

The Independent  

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Rachel Reeves hit by gloomy UK growth forecast despite interest rate cut to 4.5%
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rachel Reeves hit by gloomy UK growth forecast despite interest rate cut to 4.5%

The Independent  

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Rachel Reeves is warned UK businesses cannot take any more tax rises - as fears grew that the economy is on the verge of a downturn
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rachel Reeves is warned UK businesses cannot take any more tax rises - as fears grew that the economy is on the verge of a downturn

Daily Mail  

Rachel Reeves was last night warned that businesses cannot take any more tax rises as fears grew that the economy is on the verge of a downturn - 100 days on from the Budget. Rain Newton-Smith, chief executive of the Confederation of British Industry, said firms were ‘still seriously flagging’ as they strain under the burdens imposed by the Chancellor. …

Rachel Reeves 'will have to cut spending or raise taxes to balance books' after Budget sparked economic slowdown and borrowing costs rise
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rachel Reeves 'will have to cut spending or raise taxes to balance books' after Budget sparked economic slowdown and borrowing costs rise

Daily Mail  

Rachel Reeves faces having to hit Brits with more tax rises or make swingeing cuts to public spending due to the state of the economy, experts warned today. The Chancellor is trapped by sluggish growth and high borrowing costs that have made her financial headroom evaporate, economists said. Shadow chancellor Mel Stride said Ms Reeves' problems were 'entirely self-inflicted', adding: …

UK economic growth forecasts downgraded in blow for Reeves
1 month, 2 weeks ago

UK economic growth forecasts downgraded in blow for Reeves

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Stagnant growth late last year means the UK economy will …

Can Rachel Reeves defeat the anti-growth coalition in the cabinet?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Can Rachel Reeves defeat the anti-growth coalition in the cabinet?

The Independent  

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Rachel Reeves’s growth speech felt more like an emergency Budget
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rachel Reeves’s growth speech felt more like an emergency Budget

The Independent  

Rachel Reeves’s much-trailed speech today is a big moment for her and the government, as it finally put some flesh on the bare bones of its plan for economic growth. Labour won the trust of business before last year’s election, but frittered it away with what company bosses regard as a “triple whammy” – a hike in employers’ national insurance …

Reeves warned ‘it’s crunch time’ as chancellor relaunches her economic growth agenda
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Reeves warned ‘it’s crunch time’ as chancellor relaunches her economic growth agenda

The Independent  

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Reeves's big plan for growth is totally doomed... and it's all the fault of her terrible Budget which has crippled Britain's economy: ANDREW NEIL
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Reeves's big plan for growth is totally doomed... and it's all the fault of her terrible Budget which has crippled Britain's economy: ANDREW NEIL

Daily Mail  

Rachel Reeves now wears a near-permanent rictus grin. She harbours a growing worry, as every week brings more bad news for the British economy, that her disastrous October Budget has set the country on a downward spiral which windy talk about ‘an unrelenting focus on growth’ and ‘hard-wiring growth into every Cabinet decision’ cannot reverse. Starmer has even talked multiple …

Stop saying no to ideas which could help Britain's economic growth, Chancellor Rachel Reeves tells the Blob
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Stop saying no to ideas which could help Britain's economic growth, Chancellor Rachel Reeves tells the Blob

Daily Mail  

Rachel Reeves has told the Blob to stop saying ‘no’ to proposals that could boost growth. Chancellor Rachel Reeves told MPs on Monday that the only way to relieve working people of cost of living pressures is through economic growth Ms Reeves' comments come after she took aim at Britain's planning laws on her drive for growth. Ms Reeves also …

Chancellor's shoddy retread: Reeves must stop the doom-mongering and back UK tech, says ALEX BRUMMER
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Chancellor's shoddy retread: Reeves must stop the doom-mongering and back UK tech, says ALEX BRUMMER

Daily Mail  

There are alternative ways of looking at politicians who rapidly change the script. As laudable as this change of heart may be – getting behind Britain’s cutting-edge AI, bio-sciences, finance and creative sectors is critical – the horse already has bolted. Turnaround: Chancellor Rachel Reeves has embarked on an ambitious reversal with her emphasis on growth The £40billion tax-raising Budget …

Humiliating double blow for Rachel Reeves as rich flee UK and she gets snub for speaking slot at the prestigious World Economic Forum in Davos
2 months ago

Humiliating double blow for Rachel Reeves as rich flee UK and she gets snub for speaking slot at the prestigious World Economic Forum in Davos

Daily Mail  

Chancellor Rachel Reeves faced claims last night that she was being snubbed at home and abroad by powerful rich investors potentially vital to Britain’s economy. Chancellor Rachel Reeves, pictured, faced claims last night that she was being snubbed at home and abroad by powerful rich investors potentially vital to Britain’s economy. Picture: The then shadow Chancellor in Davos in January …

Now Reeves faces a £20billion black hole in the public finances as economy slumps behind ­America - as low-tax and low-regulation Donald Trump returns to the White House
2 months ago

Now Reeves faces a £20billion black hole in the public finances as economy slumps behind ­America - as low-tax and low-regulation Donald Trump returns to the White House

Daily Mail  

Rachel Reeves faces a £20billion black hole in the public finances as Britain’s economy lags behind America’s, experts warned last night. That is well behind the 2.7 per cent and 2.1 per cent growth expected in the US as low-tax and low-regulation Donald Trump returns to the White House next week – leaving Labour’s pledge to make the UK the …

Boost for Reeves as inflation falls after No 10 refuses to rule out emergency budget: Live
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2 months ago

Boost for Reeves as inflation falls after No 10 refuses to rule out emergency budget: Live

The Independent  

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Rachel Reeves refuses to rule out emergency spending cuts amid economic crisis fears
2 months ago

Rachel Reeves refuses to rule out emergency spending cuts amid economic crisis fears

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Addressing the Commons on Tuesday, Ms Reeves also faced questions over her decision to travel …

Tough times for the ‘Iron Chancellor’ who needs to regain the nation’s trust
2 months ago

Tough times for the ‘Iron Chancellor’ who needs to regain the nation’s trust

The Independent  

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Reeves says market uncertainty shows need to kickstart economic growth
2 months ago

Reeves says market uncertainty shows need to kickstart economic growth

The Independent  

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Rachel Reeves faces questions over future in Hamlet-inspired Tory attack
2 months ago

Rachel Reeves faces questions over future in Hamlet-inspired Tory attack

The Independent  

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Watch: Rachel Reeves addresses controversial China trip amid market turmoil
2 months ago

Watch: Rachel Reeves addresses controversial China trip amid market turmoil

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Watch as Rachel Reeves answered questions in the House of Commons …

Reeves faces grilling from MPs amid market turmoil
2 months ago

Reeves faces grilling from MPs amid market turmoil

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Former shadow chancellor John McDonnell said both the Prime …

Labour's TWO lame ducks: Turmoil at the Treasury as Keir Starmer scrambles to shore up his flailing Chancellor Rachel Reeves amid bond market mayhem - while Tulip Siddiq is mired in Bangladeshi corrup
2 months, 1 week ago

Labour's TWO lame ducks: Turmoil at the Treasury as Keir Starmer scrambles to shore up his flailing Chancellor Rachel Reeves amid bond market mayhem - while Tulip Siddiq is mired in Bangladeshi corrup

Daily Mail  

Keir Starmer was struggling to contain turmoil in the Treasury last night as pressure mounted on Rachel Reeves and her deputy Tulip Siddiq. Sir Keir said that, despite stuttering growth, surging government borrowing costs and a growing business backlash, Ms Reeves was doing a ‘fantastic job’ running the economy. The Prime Minister through a protective arm around Chancellor Rachel Reeves, …

Reeves will be Chancellor for whole of this Parliament, No 10 says
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2 months, 1 week ago

Reeves will be Chancellor for whole of this Parliament, No 10 says

The Independent  

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Pressure mounts on Reeves as Starmer refuses to guarantee future of her job
2 months, 1 week ago

Pressure mounts on Reeves as Starmer refuses to guarantee future of her job

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Answering questions following a speech in London the Prime …

Chancellor facing tough questions over fiscal rules as market woes deepen
2 months, 1 week ago

Chancellor facing tough questions over fiscal rules as market woes deepen

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The pound has remained under …

Rachel Reeves stands behind her 'non-negotiable' Budget as she arrives in China after Tories accused her of fleeing to Beijing instead of fixing flatlining economy
2 months, 1 week ago

Rachel Reeves stands behind her 'non-negotiable' Budget as she arrives in China after Tories accused her of fleeing to Beijing instead of fixing flatlining economy

Daily Mail  

Rachel Reeves has said it is in Britain's national interest to engage with China as she reaffirmed she would not back down on the fiscal measures laid out in her October Budget. Rachel Reeves shakes hands with Lan Fo'an, the Chinese finance minister, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing The chancellor, seen here arriving for a visit to the …

Rachel Reeves presses the flesh with China's communist leaders while Britain's economy 'faces 1970s-style debt crisis'
2 months, 1 week ago

Rachel Reeves presses the flesh with China's communist leaders while Britain's economy 'faces 1970s-style debt crisis'

Daily Mail  

Rachel Reeves pressed the flesh with China's communist leaders today - while the UK took another battering by markets amid alarm at her economic strategy. Chancellor Rachel Reeves posed with Chinese finance minister Lan Fo'an in Beijing as she began her controversial trip to the Asian giant They held talks at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in the Chinese capital as …

Rachel Reeves has boxed herself in over borrowing – only the markets can save her now
2 months, 1 week ago

Rachel Reeves has boxed herself in over borrowing – only the markets can save her now

The Independent  

Those of us who are geeky enough to watch things like bond yields have been aware for some time that Britain’s borrowing costs have slowly been moving towards breaking point for the chancellor. We’ve had questions in the House of Commons, government bond prices have jumped from the financial conversation into the national one – and the story has moved …

How Rachel Reeves' debt 'nightmare' has chilling echoes of 1976 when Britain was the 'sick man of Europe' with an economy in crisis that forced it to go 'cap in hand' for £2.3bn bailout
2 months, 1 week ago

How Rachel Reeves' debt 'nightmare' has chilling echoes of 1976 when Britain was the 'sick man of Europe' with an economy in crisis that forced it to go 'cap in hand' for £2.3bn bailout

Daily Mail  

With the pound falling sharply against the dollar, inflation a constant worry and Government borrowing rates creeping up, Labour's economic credibility is shrivelling. Such is the extent of Britain's current economic troubles, Chancellor Rachel Reeves' plight has been compared to that of her 1970s predecessor Denis Healey. Back in 1976, after Britain's scorching summer, Healey had to go 'cap in …

Rachel Reeves facing calls to cancel controversial China trip as pound tumbles
2 months, 1 week ago

Rachel Reeves facing calls to cancel controversial China trip as pound tumbles

The Independent  

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Rachel Reeves must now tell us when things are going to get better
2 months, 1 week ago

Rachel Reeves must now tell us when things are going to get better

The Independent  

Having generated such a handsome amount of political capital from the chaotic failure of the last Conservative government to manage the public finances, it must be doubly galling for Rachel Reeves to be faced with her own fiscal crisis – and disobliging headlines about market turbulence – so soon in her own chancellorship. The cost of servicing the UK national …

Can Rachel Reeves prove she can make Britain grow?
2 months, 1 week ago

Can Rachel Reeves prove she can make Britain grow?

The Independent  

Rachel Reeves is embarking on a world tour. “Maybe they just didn’t like my growth agenda of tax cuts, fracking and deregulation…” She overlooks the other conspirators against her, namely the traders in the financial markets, who she thinks are part of the left-wing establishment, and who took fright at her unfunded tax cuts. The City doesn’t think that Reeves …

How long will Rachel Reeves last? Labour gloom has put Britain on brink of recession, says MAGGIE PAGANO
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2 months, 3 weeks ago

How long will Rachel Reeves last? Labour gloom has put Britain on brink of recession, says MAGGIE PAGANO

Daily Mail  

Britain is on the brink of recession. What’s more, living standards may be revised lower still as officials update the net migration numbers next month. If that’s not bleak enough, recruiters warn the UK is already in a ‘hiring recession’, while the Confederation of British Industry says we are facing ‘the worst of all worlds’ with companies reducing output, cutting …

Flatlining economy could force Rachel Reeves to break her pledge and come back with ANOTHER tax raid, experts warn
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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Flatlining economy could force Rachel Reeves to break her pledge and come back with ANOTHER tax raid, experts warn

Daily Mail  

A sluggish economy could force Rachel Reeves to break her pledge and come back with another tax raid, a leading economist has warned. Pictured: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves poses with the red budget box Revised figures yesterday showed the UK saw zero growth in the three months from July to September Shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith said it …

Blow for Rachel Reeves as zero growth puts UK on brink of recession
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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Blow for Rachel Reeves as zero growth puts UK on brink of recession

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Kate Nicholls, chief executive of UKHospitality, said on Monday that the revised growth figures …

Can Rachel Reeves save Britain’s frozen economy from recession?
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Can Rachel Reeves save Britain’s frozen economy from recession?

The Independent  

Jack Frost swept an icy chill across the UK economy earlier than anyone expected. Following on from last week’s grim economic news, the Office for National Statistics has revised its third quarter estimate of GDP growth down to absolute zero. At minus 24, the business group’s “growth indicator” is at its lowest level in two years. “The Budget and our …

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

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

The Independent  

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Rachel Reeves is accused of killing growth as Bank of England warns UK economy is grinding to halt after her anti-business Budget
3 months ago

Rachel Reeves is accused of killing growth as Bank of England warns UK economy is grinding to halt after her anti-business Budget

Daily Mail  

Rachel Reeves was yesterday accused of killing growth as the Bank of England warned the economy is grinding to halt in the wake of her anti-business Budget. Shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith said: ‘Today’s growth downgrade from the Bank of England follows warnings from almost every business group and forecaster. Not a surprise that the financial markets are pushing up …

Rachel Reeves is accused of 'outright falsehood' after claiming she protected 'working people' by not hiking their NI in her Budget
3 months ago

Rachel Reeves is accused of 'outright falsehood' after claiming she protected 'working people' by not hiking their NI in her Budget

Daily Mail  

Rachel Reeves was yesterday accused of ‘outright falsehood’ over her claims about Labour’s handling of the economy The Chancellor was mauled by former Bank of England official Andrew Sentance over her response to figures showing inflation climbed to 2.6 per cent in November, an eight-month high amid increasing evidence that the party is derailing Britain’s recovery. Ms Reeves claimed in …

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