Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says that her job is like “picking up a distressed asset and turning it around”, acknowledging the party’s dismal poll ratings, which have struggled to get above 20 ...
Rachel Reeves is expected to lift the controversial two-child benefit limit in November’s Budget, as officials look at a number of options – including a “tapered” system. The government has set up a ...
RACHEL REEVES could be preparing to lift the two-child benefit limit in her autumn Budget. When asked directly on Tuesday night about a report saying that she would announce the U-turn in her November ...
Another area attracting attention is property taxation. Proposals under consideration are rumoured to include replacing stamp duty with an annual levy linked to property values, reforming council tax ...
The Chancellor is under pressure from both backbench MPs and ministers to ditch the welfare limit at her upcoming Budget.
Rachel Reeves likes to pose as the Iron Chancellor. She drones on about her fiscal discipline and even slapped down Labour leadership challenger Andy Burnham for pushing “dangerous” ideas about ...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is under fire over plans for fresh tobacco tax hikes that experts warn could backfire badly. New figures suggest the move risks driving millions of smokers into the hands of ...
Would you survive a year as chancellor? Cosplaying Rachel Reeves for fun, I just about managed to avoid crashing the economy By Rachel Cunliffe Forget armchair generals and backseat drivers, if you ...
Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer’s chief secretary have given the strongest hint yet that manifesto commitments not to raise taxes on working people could be broken in November’s Budget – with average ...
The two-child benefit cap limits child tax credit and Universal Credit claims to the first two children in a household ...
Rachel Reeves has said Michelle Mone should not be in the House of Lords after a company linked to the Tory peer was ordered to repay almost £122 million to the Government for breaching a contract to ...
Rachel Reeves has faced a backlash from voters who reckon her latest appearance on the Labour UK Instagram account sidesteps the pressing issues. Members of the public were incensed with the ...