Rachel Reeves to unveil ‘broke Britain’ dossier as Jeremy Hunt hits back with tax ‘scam’ claim
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Rachel Reeves to unveil ‘broke Britain’ dossier as Jeremy Hunt hits back with tax ‘scam’ claim

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. But former chancellor Jeremy Hunt said the books have been “wide open”, accusing Labour of “peddling fiction which is widely rejected by independent commentators”. He added: “Their motive is clear: having promised not to raise taxes 50 times before the election, they now need a pretext – but trying to scam the British people so soon after being elected is a high-risk strategy doomed to fail.” open image in gallery Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to make a speech on public finances on Monday It is widely expected that the dossier, which Ms Reeves commissioned in one of her first acts as chancellor, is a bid to give cover for Labour to cut spending or unveil tax increases. open image in gallery Former chancellor Jeremy Hunt said the books have been ‘wide open’ and accused Ms Reeves of ‘peddling fiction’ Institute for Fiscal Studies economist Ben Zaranko said the scale of the public finance challenge “was apparent pre-election to anyone who cared to look”. open image in gallery Mr Hunt says the chancellor inherited a ‘healthy, growing economy’ from the Conservatives “However, the country would benefit from the government spending less time looking back at who they think caused these issues and more time outlining how we can fix them going forward.” Pat McFadden, Labour’s chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, said: “After 14 years of Conservative failure, the Labour Party is calling time on the sticking-plaster politics of populism.

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UK’s Reeves risks breaking budget promises, IFS think tank says
1 week, 4 days 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 to make huge cuts to Britain's welfare bill - as Chancellor prepares to blame world events for the need to slash spending
1 week, 4 days ago

Rachel Reeves to make huge cuts to Britain's welfare bill - as Chancellor prepares to blame world events for the need to slash spending

Daily Mail  

A Labour Cabinet minister yesterday claimed there is a ‘moral case’ for cutting the welfare bill, as Rachel Reeves prepares to blame the need to slash spending on world events. Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the current situation is ‘unsustainable’ - with scores of people out of work who could be. Rachel Reeves is set to submit her plans for …

Rachel Reeves 'plans to slash £5bn' from welfare as she scrambles to find more room for defence spending
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1 week, 4 days 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?
3 weeks, 4 days 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’
3 weeks, 5 days 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 – …

Under-fire Rachel Reeves breaks cover to insist 'no issues were ever raised' about expenses during her banking career despite claims she faced a probe - and says public should judge her on the economy
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1 month ago

Under-fire Rachel Reeves breaks cover to insist 'no issues were ever raised' about expenses during her banking career despite claims she faced a probe - and says public should judge her on the economy

Daily Mail  

An under-pressure Rachel Reeves today broke cover as she defiantly insisted 'no issues were ever raised' about her expenses during her banking career. An under-pressure Rachel Reeves broke cover as she defiantly insisted 'no issues were ever raised' about her expenses during her banking career The Chancellor observed the work of a bricklayer during a visit to a building construction …

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

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 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, 1 week 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, 1 week 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: …

What the papers say – January 30
1 month, 2 weeks ago

What the papers say – January 30

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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'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, 2 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 …

Chancellor's shoddy retread: Reeves must stop the doom-mongering and back UK tech, says ALEX BRUMMER
1 month, 2 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 …

Reeves to water down tax raid on non-doms amid exodus of millionaires
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Reeves to water down tax raid on non-doms amid exodus of millionaires

The Independent  

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Embattled Rachel Reeves jets off to World Economic Forum in Davos - despite fresh alarm over faltering UK economy and warnings from investors of 'debt death spiral'
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Embattled Rachel Reeves jets off to World Economic Forum in Davos - despite fresh alarm over faltering UK economy and warnings from investors of 'debt death spiral'

Daily Mail  

Embattled Chancellor Rachel Reeves jetted off to Davos last night as Britain recorded its biggest jobs slump since Covid. Ms Reeves headed for the Swiss mountain resort for the annual gathering of the World Economic Forum as it was claimed that the UK was also heading for a 'debt death spiral'. City grandee Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of marketing …

Can Rachel Reeves secure the investment Britain so badly needs in Davos?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Can Rachel Reeves secure the investment Britain so badly needs in Davos?

The Independent  

In the lead-up to the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this week, business secretary Jonathan Reynolds said in an interview: “We’ve got to be explicit and say the only way to turn around the UK’s growth performance of the last 15 years is attracting greater amounts of private capital.” And he was unequivocally right. Parts of the government’s …

Embattled Rachel Reeves heads to the World Economic Forum in Davos to WOO the rich - as damning report reveals Brits are spooked by tax hikes at home
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Embattled Rachel Reeves heads to the World Economic Forum in Davos to WOO the rich - as damning report reveals Brits are spooked by tax hikes at home

Daily Mail  

Rachel Reeves heads to Davos this week to try to salvage her flailing growth ambitions amid latest evidence that her tax on jobs is hurting consumers and businesses at home. The Chancellor will attend the World Economic Forum at the Swiss mountain resort to try to woo investors and chief executives to pour money into the UK. She will be …

Rachel Reeves' 'value for money' office is a gimmick - and a waste of money, MPs declare
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Rachel Reeves' 'value for money' office is a gimmick - and a waste of money, MPs declare

Daily Mail  

Rachel Reeves’s ‘value for money’ office has been branded a gimmick – and a waste of money. In the latest blow for the beleaguered Chancellor, the Commons’ spending watchdog said the Office for Value for Money she created last year appeared to be a ‘red herring’. Rachel Reeves’ ‘value for money’ office has been branded a gimmick – and a …

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
1 month, 3 weeks 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
1 month, 3 weeks 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 …

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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Mainlining AI won’t bring back boom-time Britain
2 months ago

Mainlining AI won’t bring back boom-time Britain

The Independent  

It takes a special kind of idiot to stake their personal credibility on the fate of an already failing business; Keir Starmer is that kind of idiot. Keir Starmer’s plan to turn Britain into an AI superpower is not even trading our cow for a bag of magic beans. Paul Sonabend London NW8 On the day Keir Starmer announced his …

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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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 …

Reeves will be committing ‘political suicide’ if she orders spending cuts, warns John McDonnell
2 months ago

Reeves will be committing ‘political suicide’ if she orders spending cuts, warns John McDonnell

The Independent  

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Who could be in the running to replace Rachel Reeves as chancellor?
2 months ago

Who could be in the running to replace Rachel Reeves as chancellor?

The Independent  

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

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

The Independent  

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Downing Street insists Rachel Reeves will be chancellor ‘for whole of this parliament’
Top News
2 months ago

Downing Street insists Rachel Reeves will be chancellor ‘for whole of this parliament’

The Independent  

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Rachel Reeves presses the flesh with China's communist leaders while Britain's economy 'faces 1970s-style debt crisis'
2 months 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 facing calls to cancel controversial China trip as pound tumbles
2 months 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, 2 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 …

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
2 months, 3 weeks ago

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

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How long will the shadow of Reeves’ Budget hang over Britain’s gloomy economy?
2 months, 3 weeks ago

How long will the shadow of Reeves’ Budget hang over Britain’s gloomy economy?

The Independent  

Fun fact: the OECD still predicts that Britain’s economy will be one of the stars of the G7 during 2025 with growth of 1.7 per cent, lagging only behind the US at 2.4 per cent. Labour’s tax-raising budget, and particularly the decision to raise £24bn by hiking employer national insurance contributions looms large over UK plc. The Bank of England’s …

Reeves faces a recession fears but industrial hollowing could offer a bigger problem
3 months ago

Reeves faces a recession fears but industrial hollowing could offer a bigger problem

The Independent  

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UK economy shrinks again in another blow to Reeves, new figures show
3 months ago

UK economy shrinks again in another blow to Reeves, new figures show

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. Rachel Reeves said the figures were disappointing “We are determined to deliver economic growth as …

Is Rachel Reeves’ spending review a veiled return to austerity?
3 months ago

Is Rachel Reeves’ spending review a veiled return to austerity?

The Independent  

Today’s clash between ministers and trade unions over public sector pay – after the government recommended a 2.8 per cent rise for teachers, NHS workers and civil servants – was always going to happen. Unions viewed this summer’s generous increases as merely the start of “catching up” after restraint since 2010 which saw public sector workers fall behind those in …

Reeves must move beyond honeyed words to improve relations with the EU
3 months, 1 week ago

Reeves must move beyond honeyed words to improve relations with the EU

The Independent  

Closer relations between the UK and the European Union will boost economic growth, said chancellor Rachel Reeves, kicking off her visit with EU finance chiefs, today. But there’s a problem with the Labour government continually talking about its desire for a “reset” with Europe after the chaos, controversy, pettiness and hostility that characterised the various Conservative administrations that preceded it. …

Reeves urged to reverse Brexit damage in crunch Brussels talks
3 months, 1 week ago

Reeves urged to reverse Brexit damage in crunch Brussels talks

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Rachel Reeves banks on fixing Brexit to achieve pledged economic growth
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3 months, 1 week ago

Rachel Reeves banks on fixing Brexit to achieve pledged economic growth

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Labour tax U-turn? Rachel Reeves refuses to rule out more rises despite CBI pledge
3 months, 1 week ago

Labour tax U-turn? Rachel Reeves refuses to rule out more rises despite CBI pledge

The Independent  

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