Labour, Rachel Reeves

Rachel Reeves under fire from Labour backbenchers over ‘impossible to sell Budget’
Rachel Reeves is under fire from Labour backbenchers who have said her Budget is “impossible to sell” to “horrified” constituents.The Chancellor had promised that her maiden Budget would boost growth and “fix the foundations” of the economy.
Rachel Reeves shamelessly admits she was wrong to promise no Labour tax hikes
Asked why she had supported the cuts at the time, Rachel Reeves told Sky News’s Sunday Morning With ... said the Government would “absolutely” keep to Labour’s election promise of not raising key taxes on “working people” through the current ...
Watch: Rachel Reeves unveils Labour’s Budget as first female chancellor
An economy that is growing, creating wealth and opportunity for all. Ms Reeves announced tax hikes that will raise an eye-watering £40bn. The chancellor said Labour had inherited a £22bn funding “black hole” from the Tories and would never again “allow a government to play fast and loose with public finances.
Opinion
Rachel Reeves has united the Labour Party
This was a Budget which somehow managed to unite the left and the right of the party – quite some feat. John McDonnell told Times Radio that he was “pleased” Reeves shifted on the fiscal rules to allow more borrowing for long-term investment.
UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves raises taxes by most since 1993 in first Labour budget
Britain's new finance minister Rachel Reeves announced the biggest tax increases in three decades in her first budget on Wednesday, saying she had to repair the country's broken public services with heavy spending.
Five takeaways from Rachel Reeves' Budget
Reeves announced a £22.6 billion increase in the day-to-day health budget, and a £31 billion increase in the capital budget, which she said is the largest increase in spending – outside the pandemic – since 2010. By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.
Rachel Reeves loosens UK welfare spending target
UK welfare spending will be allowed to rise significantly this parliament after chancellor Rachel Reeves loosened a target on overall outlays, reducing pressure on the Labour government to make sharp cuts to benefits.
Rachel Reeves admits she was 'wrong' to say taxes did not have to rise
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has faced an angry backlash over her commitment in June that the only increases needed were in the Labour manifesto.
Labour’s farm tax is pure class war
Socialists targeting landowners is nothing new, but don’t expect the countryside to take Labour’s punitive farm tax lying ...
Reeves to Join EU Finance Meeting Next Month in Labour Reset
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will join a meeting of Eurozone finance ministers next month, as part of the new ...
UK's ultra-rich feel the pinch from Labour's tax-raising budget
Britain’s wealthy are feeling the pinch following a slew of targeted tax hikes in the Labour government’s budget, with many ...
'Rachel Reeves' Budget shows Labour won't cower away from difficult decisions'
In difficult times we don't cower away, our grit and determination brings us together to find a way through. This week ...
Reeves Insists Labour Will Secure Growth as She Defends Budget Choices
Rachel Reeves has defended her decision to raise taxes at this week's Budget, insisting her plan provided the stability ...
James Dyson condemns Rachel Reeves’s Budget ‘tractor tax’ as ‘spiteful’
The businessman said the decision to tighten inheritance tax relief on business property is an ‘ignorant swipe at aspiration’ ...
Budget 2024: Commons clash on 'higher mortgage rates' from Labour's Rachel Reeves borrowing billions to invest
The Chancellor is expected in the Budget on Wednesday to ease her debt fiscal rules to borrow some £20 billion extra to fund ...
I thought Rachel Reeves was wrecking UK - then realised what Bridget Phillipson's up to
When a Labour politician makes a sound and reasonable choice ... She holds the same dangerous politics of envy which stoked ...