Ire of farmers and pensioners mounts as British Labour faces possibility of new ‘winter of discontent’
Protest this week by farmers over inheritance tax raid sounds alarm bells for Labour’s rural prospects
Protest this week by farmers over inheritance tax raid sounds alarm bells for Labour’s rural prospects
Blow to chancellor Rachel Reeves as she attempts push the UK to the top of the G7 growth league
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Rachel Reeves's first budget as Britain’s chancellor was monumental in every way except for the one she wanted
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Increases to national insurance and minimum wage to boost employers’ bills
Labour’s first UK budget in more than 14 years was a tax-and-spend bonanza with huge new outlays on health, transport and education
London Letter: Reeves will deliver a difficult budget in the House of Commons on Wednesday
Finance minister Rachel Reeves could announce the tax in her maiden budget on October 30th
The UK’s budget this month takes on near-totemic importance for Labour as it tries to reset the narrative
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Heckler interrupts the new chancellor’s speech in Liverpool
Starmer’s chief of staff Sue Gray is targeted by anonymous internal critics
UK central bank also confirms plan to sell down its government bond holdings at current rate of £100bn a year
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The UK chancellor should explain how her programme is going to work
Central London gathering of policy experts and academics hears suggestions about how to revive Britain’s public services and stuttering economy
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Minister for Finance also discusses renewable energy investment with Britain’s new chancellor Rachel Reeves during trip to London
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Hope that a new era of calmer, moderate British politics can avoid fiscal turmoil that upended bond markets in 2022
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Rachel Reeves, who is on course to become the first female chancellor of the exchequer, is eyeing economic growth and an improved trade deal with the EU
Financial services minister Neale Richmond has warned Britain it will not get ‘free pass’ on Brexit rules if Labour wins the UK election
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