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Rachel Reeves

  • Saturday, 11 January, 2025
    Reeves seeks to revive City of London links with China

    Chancellor to promote closer ties between London and Shanghai stock exchanges while on Beijing trip

    Rachel Reeves, UK chancellor of the exchequer, left, shakes hands with He Lifeng, China’s vice-premier, in Beijing
  • Friday, 10 January, 2025
    UK economy
    Labour intensifies push for growth to avoid ‘disastrous’ tax rises

    Punishing week on bond markets ends with UK government borrowing costs significantly higher

    Montage with Rachel Reeves, line chart and Bank of England logo
  • Friday, 10 January, 2025
    Shein
    Senior Labour MP raises ‘concerns’ with City regulator over planned Shein listing

    Trade committee chair Liam Byrne writes to FCA and London Stock Exchange after questioning of fast-fashion group

    Shoppers carry bags with promotional merchandise as they visit fashion retailer Shein’s Christmas bus tour, in Manchester, England in December 2024
  • Friday, 10 January, 2025
    UK economy
    Putting some perspective on Britain’s bad markets week

    At times like these, it’s worth remembering just how bad Kwasi Kwarteng was as chancellor

  • Friday, 10 January, 2025
    Inside Politics
    Labour’s economic reality check approaches

    Rising cost of borrowing piles pressure on UK fiscal rules and government’s promises, but politics make cuts complicated

    Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves campaigning before the general election this year
  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
    ExplainerGilts
    Has the bond market turned against Rachel Reeves?

    Rising UK borrowing costs raise risk that chancellor will have to impose tighter fiscal policy as soon as March

    A montage of Rachel Reeves and bar chart lines in the foreground
  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
    Gilts
    UK 10-year borrowing costs hit highest level since 2008

    Treasury seeks to reassure markets as gilt sell-off threatens the government’s ability to meet its fiscal rules

    The UK Treasury building and logo
  • Sunday, 5 January, 2025
    UK business
    UK businesses plan price increases as Budget drives up costs

    Tax and wage rises have caused confidence to ‘slump’, warns British Chambers of Commerce

    A chef making burgers
  • Sunday, 5 January, 2025
    Pensions industry
    Should the UK really look to Canada’s pension system as its model?

    Chancellor Rachel Reeves wants to learn lessons from the ‘Maple 8’ — but they have their own problems

    Commuters cross Bay Street in Toronto
  • Tuesday, 24 December, 2024
    Labour party UK
    ‘Waste of time’: how Starmer fumbled his first months of power

    Plunging poll ratings have sapped morale as UK Labour government crawls towards Christmas break

    The decision to cut winter fuel payments has hit the popularity of Keir Starmer, centre, with Sue Gray, right, eventually forced out
  • Monday, 23 December, 2024
    UK GDP
    UK economy unexpectedly failed to grow in third quarter

    Figures are a further blow to government facing criticism from businesses after Budget

    Silhouettes of people walking with umbrellas in the foreground against the backdrop of the City of London skyline
  • Friday, 20 December, 2024
    News in-depthUK economy
    Reeves heads into harsh 2025 as UK Budget damage reverberates

    Chancellor plans set-piece new year speech to reboot growth ‘mission’ as invidious fiscal choices loom

  • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
    Robert Shrimsley
    Time for Keir Starmer to remember he is first lord of the Treasury

    With growth at the heart of his policy platform, the prime minister is remarkably passive on the economy

    Illustration of Sir Keir Starmer’s head in profile, with a torch-like beam of graphs streaming from his eyes
  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
    Shoe Zone Ltd
    UK footwear chain Shoe Zone blames Budget for shop closures

    Shares plunge 40 per cent after retailer halves profit forecast and suspends dividend

    A general view of a Shoe Zone shop in Croydon
  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
    UK foreign policy
    Reeves to take UK bankers to China as she seeks closer business ties

    Chancellor has been accused by the Tories of ignoring security concerns about Beijing

    Chancellor Rachel Reeves in the City of London
  • Monday, 16 December, 2024
    UK public finances
    Treasury rules out emergency Budget as Reeves sets March date for statement

    Chancellor will speak alongside new OBR forecasts on March 26

    Chancellor Rachel Reeves
  • Saturday, 14 December, 2024
    Workplace pensions
    Reeves puts pensions review on hold to avoid extra burden on UK business

    Some experts argue current savings rates will leave people without adequate retirement pots

    Pension advice forms
  • Friday, 13 December, 2024
    UK GDP
    UK economy unexpectedly shrinks by 0.1%

    October contraction marks second consecutive fall and deals blow to Labour government’s economic agenda

    Chart showing UK GDP since October 2023
  • Friday, 13 December, 2024
    UK regional policy
    Reeves dismisses calls for HS2-style Birmingham to Manchester line

    UK chancellor does not want to give ‘false hope’ to proponents of partially private-funded rail link

    Rachel Reeves
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    UK government spending
    More than 10,000 UK civil service jobs to be cut

    Voluntary redundancies expected across Whitehall as departments respond to chancellor’s spending review

    Whitehall street sign
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    Business leaders warn Reeves about the impact of her Budget tax rises

    Banking, energy and transport executives voice concerns in meeting with UK chancellor

    Rachel Reeves at the meeting this morning
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    UK trade
    Reeves calls on EU to give greater access for City of London

    Plea comes in first appearance by a UK chancellor at a Euro finance meeting since Brexit

    Rachel Reeves
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    Brexit
    EU will demand early fish deal in UK reset talks

    Requirement among red lines drawn up by Brussels ahead of 2025 negotiations

    Fishing in the North Sea
  • Saturday, 7 December, 2024
    Brexit
    Rachel Reeves to pledge ‘ambitious’ economic partnership with EU

    UK chancellor will promise to fully honour post-Brexit deals in meeting with bloc’s finance ministers

    Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    UK economy
    We need the best of business innovation in government

    Growth that does not make working people better off is pointless

    Rachel Reeves and Sir Keir Starmer visit construction workers and apprentices in the City of London
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