She became Britain’s first female Chancellor in July against a daunting backdrop of a sluggish economy and competing demands for public spending.

But this frustration among the agricultural sector goes beyond one particularly unpopular decision by chancellor Rachel ... side.” The issue has become a nationwide hot topic, with high-profile ...

The most high-profile among the political class to get a gong this year ... November: In a normal year it would be Rachel Reeves hiking taxes by £40 billion in Labour’s first budget or the Commons ...

Chancellor Rachel ... side policy were to fight bad ideas, such as regulation to inhibit competition and innovation or propping up failing industries, which were directly addressed by Reeves.

The former Tory MP, who was in charge of the Treasury for just 38 days in 2022, said financial markets were confronting a 'nightmare' under Labour and Ms Reeves. Increases in the Government's ...

The decline of the independence debate has left the Conservatives struggling to find political purpose. By Chris Deerin These are tricky times to be a Scottish Conservative. To be fair, that’s not an ...

Beleaguered Rachel Reeves is facing further economic gloom as new figures show major employers slamming the brakes on job creation thanks to her £25 billion national insurance raid. The findings ...

It will be hard for Rachel Reeves to banish ... second half of last year. Reeves publicly committed to just one Budget a year. But if she is to keep the OBR on-side, she may well have to consider ...

Rachel Reeves would have been dammed whether she went ... The idea of both the Chancellor and governor being on the other side of the world, as the yield on UK government bonds exceed Truss ...

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Mel Stride was laughed at by Labour’s frontbench as he launched a bizarre attack on Rachel Reeves. The shadow chancellor ...

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves poses outside 11 Downing Street (Lucy North/PA) PA Wire Chancellor Rachel Reeves used her first budget to announce tax measures designed to raise an extra ...