Under pressure Rachel Reeves issues defiant response when quizzed on Keir Starmer relationship -
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry when I heard Keir Starmer tell businesses how his new "growth rule" would veto policies that fail to boost the economy.
Rachel Reeves will deliver a major speech with announcements expected on OId Trafford, Heathrow Airport and a new 'UK Silicon Valley' as Keir Starmer said he'd channel Margaret Thatcher
Writing in The Times, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer criticised the ‘morass of regulation that effectively bans billions of pounds’ of investment.
The Prime Minister and Chancellor will meet with executives from some of Britain's biggest companies on Tuesday as they look to attract more investment to the UK
The Chancellor joins Sir Keir Starmer in publicising her tax details, a reversal just hours after she said she would not share them
Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer end the week in a better political position than they began it. Market movements have settled, the chatter about Reeves’ position has mostly ended, and the pair have shifted into fight-back mode.
Prime minister Keir Starmer and chancellor Rachel Reeves have confirmed government plans to lift restrictions on defined benefit (DB) scheme surpluses.
The prime minister and chancellor are set to change the rules around how pension funds invest, allowing them to use surplus funds to invest into the economy in their latest bid for growth.
Rachel Reeves is set to back a Heathrow expansion as she outlines her plan to boost the economy. The Chancellor is expected to back the expansion of Heathrow Airport in her speech on Wednesday, despite it being an issue Cabinet ministers have opposed in the past.
Sir Keir Starmer has just arrived in the House of Commons. Labour MPs gave him a loud cheer as he took his seat on the front bench alongside David Lammy, the Foreign Secretary, and Bridget Phillipson, the Education Secretary. Kemi Badenoch arrived just before Sir Keir and received a warm welcome from her Tory MPs.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed the government support for the planned expansion of Heathrow Airport as she unveiled a raft of policies aimed at economic growth