Opinion
Should Rachel Reeves pay for her mishandling of the economy?
Despite her audacious tax raids, an absence of ‘growth, growth, growth’ and, now, the prospect of stagflation, the chancellor cannot be blamed for everything that’s going wrong with Britain’s finances ...
Bank of England’s top economist dismisses hopes of big interest rates cuts in further blow to Rachel Reeves
Rachel Reeves has suffered another blow in her bid to boost tepid economic growth after the Bank of England played down the idea of a big interest rate cut later this year. At such a critical moment ...
Heathrow expansion: What a third runway means for noise, pollution and the environment
There would be an additional 4.4m tonnes of CO2 a year from a third runway – the equivalent to 101,862,382,320 miles driven ...
Rachel Reeves 'will have to cut spending or raise taxes to balance books' after Budget sparked economic slowdown and borrowing costs rise
The Chancellor is trapped by sluggish growth and high borrowing costs that have made her financial headroom evaporate, ...
Rachel Reeves’ Heathrow runway report was commissioned by the airport
Rachel Reeves has received criticism following an announcement on Saturday that the report cited in her speech concerning the ...
Tax or cut? Rachel Reeves faces fiscal headache before OBR forecasts
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will come under pressure to cut spending or increase taxes when she receives the latest forecasts from the OBR.
Reeves high tax budget forcing struggling Britons to look for second jobs
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been widely slammed for her high tax and low growth economy - now struggling Britons are needing ...
Rachel Reeves’ route to economic growth is a slow one – and there are no guarantees voters will be patient enough
After six months of talking down the economy and warning of tough times ahead, the UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has changed ...
Pressure ramps up on Reeves as damning report suggests businesses set to cut jobs
Private sector firms are preparing for another fall in activity, a survey from the CBI showed, prompting renewed calls for ...
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves says Oxford-Cambridge corridor can be ‘Europe’s Silicon Valley’ as Sir Patrick Vallance given growth role
The “Oxford-Cambridge growth corridor” has “the potential to be Europe’s Silicon Valley”, Chancellor Rachel Reeves will say ...
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Labour’s growth plan is still self-deception
It’s barely a week since Rachel Reeves made her agenda-setting speech on how the Government intends to ‘kickstart economic growth’. Yet while her commendable rhetoric may have enabled the Chancellor ...