The Iron Chancellor Rachel Reeves may have to flex to get the growth she wants
It has been a wild January for Rachel Reeves and frankly for economics in the UK and the world.When Labour swept to victory last summer, Reeves pledged she would be an "iron" chancellor, reining in public spending and improving the lives of working people through growing the economy.
Britain’s Rachel Reeves needs a growth miracle
A major speech Wednesday promises a host of pro-growth policies to turn the UK economy around. But the hurdles in the chancellor’s way are huge.
The massive challenges facing Rachel Reeves’s growth mission
Rachel Reeves has vowed to slash red tape and go for growth in a quest to make working people feel “better off”. In a wide-ranging speech on Wednesday, the Chancellor set out plans to overhaul the planning system, boost transport investment and encouraging trade in an effort to kickstart growth.
Julian Harris: Rachel Reeves is Everywhere
As UK economics editor, my life for the last week has felt a lot like surrealist movie Being John Malkovich — but with Rachel Reeves in the central role.
How quickly could Rachel Reeves' new plans boost growth?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday that "economic growth is the number one mission of this government" as she unveiled a series of proposals to boost the UK's economy. But how quickly could the government get growth from the plans she announced?
The contradictions at the heart of Rachel Reeves’ growth plan
Good afternoon on this, the eve of the fifth anniversary of the signing of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the week that Rachel Reeves tried to put the rocket-boosters under Labour’s economic growth strategy.
Reeves’ Heathrow-Fueled Growth Plan Will Take Years to Get Off Ground
Rachel Reeves reached far and wide as she sought to revive the UK’s flagging economy with wind turbines, roads, airports, railways, trade deals, and proposed reforms to pensions, planning and the welfare system.
‘Desperate stuff!’ BBC QT guest rips apart Labour growth plan as China races ahead
A Conservative shadow minister warned the UK could "fall further behind" on growth targets following the Chancellor's ...
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Pragmatism over ideology marks new chapter in China-UK ties
Reeves' visit to China is a bold first step in the new direction — one where the UK recognizes the importance of economic ...
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The Government needs to stop caving in to China
Starmer’s Government is re-making the age-old mistakes in China diplomacy all over again. Those who frame the debate as a choice between whether or not to engage Beijing are proposing a false ...
Rachel Reeves could turn to Crypto to fix the '£22bn black hole'
Rachel Reeves has been urged to turn to seized cryptocurrency in an attempt to address the much lamented £22bn black hole in ...
Reforming pensions would make us less in hock to China – here’s how
A darker and little-reported backdrop to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s visit to China last week raises questions of where we ...
DWP benefits crackdown to come before end of March, says Rachel Reeves
Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor of the Labour Party government, has announced that reforms to health and disability benefits ...
Rachel Reeves' recipe to get UK plc on the road to recovery
In a major speech in Oxford yesterday, the Chancellor said she was prepared to 'fight' with opponents who stand in the way of ...
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British government backs Heathrow Airport expansion plan
Located just 15 miles west of London, Heathrow Airport's expansion has been a topic of debate since it was first proposed by ...