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Deluded: Rachel Reeves claimed to be delivering renewal. The reality? Our growth forecast for this year has been slashed in half – and she’s likely to be back for MORE tax rises in the autumn_nhy

Rachel Reeves was branded delusional last night after insisting her economic plans are working as official growth forecasts were halved. On a humiliating day for the Chancellor, she was forced to deliver a £14 billion package of emergency spending cuts to…

Angela Rayner’s workers’ rights bonanza ‘will hammer jobs market and the economy’, watchdog warns_nhy

Angela Rayner‘s workers’ rights bonanza is likely to damage the jobs market and the economy, the powerful public finances watchdog has warned. In a blow to Labour’s deputy leader, the Office for Budget Responsibility said it did not have enough detail about…

Rachel Reeves ‘will have to hike taxes AGAIN’ as Trump smashes her Spring Statement plans with 25% import tariffs on all foreign cars from April 2… but Chancellor says she is still pleading for an exemption_nhy

Rachel Reeves has been warned she faces having to hike taxes again after Donald Trump inflicted a major blow to her Spring Statement. The US president delivered the latest salvo in his burgeoning trade war by vowing 25 per cent tariffs on all…

Labour’s betrayal of unpaid carers: Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing ‘mother of all rebellions’ as one in ten people looking after loved ones lose lifeline benefits_Nhy

A furious backlash was growing last night against Rachel Reeves‘s welfare cuts that will see one in ten carers lose their lifeline benefits. An estimated 150,000 unpaid carers looking after loved ones will have their weekly allowances taken away under the…

Labour MPs threaten ‘the mother of all rebellions’ over benefit cuts with ‘dozens’ ready to revolt as child poverty hits record level_Nhy

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are facing potentially the largest rebellion by Labour MPs since the party took power over plans to cut benefits for disabled Brits. More than 30 backbenchers are said to be ready to vote against plans to make it harder to…

Rachel Reeves’ ‘clumsy’ Labour deputy makes grovelling apology for comparing disabled benefits cuts to reducing a child’s pocket money _nhy

Rachel Reeves‘ Treasury deputy has made a grovelling apology after comparing Labour’s benefit cuts to reducing a child’s pocket money. Darren Jones admitted last night that he had been ‘tactless’ when he compared the drive to get millions of people…

Fresh raid on pension pots, two more years of ‘stealth’ tax threshold freeze, or a wealth tax: IFS warns Brits face being battered by Reeves AGAIN in Autumn as her spending plans are unrealistic_Nhy

Brits could face being battered with tax hikes by Rachel Reeves again this Autumn because her plans are unrealistic, a respected think-tank warned today. The IFS highlighted extending the freeze on tax thresholds by another two years as a potential ‘easy political…

Labour on course to MISS 1.5million homes target despite making it easier to to build on the Green Belt – and mortgage rates are forecast to rise-Nhy

Labour is on course to miss its target of building 1.5million new homes by the end of this parliament, Rachel Reeves admitted today as experts warned of more pain ahead for homeowners and buyers. The Chancellor insisted she was within ‘touching distance’ of…

Boarding school charging £36,000-a-year misses deadline to register its Year 11 pupils for this summer’s GCSE exams_Nhy

A blundering boarding school that charges £36,000-a-year in fees has failed to register its Year 11 pupils for this summer’s GCSE exams. Moorland School went into liquidation last year and was stripped of its licence to enter students for the…

Rachel Reeves branded delusional for claiming to be restoring economic stability – despite growth forecast slashed in half and MORE tax rises likely to come_Nhy

Rachel Reeves was branded delusional last night after insisting her economic plans are working as official growth forecasts were halved. On a humiliating day for the Chancellor, she was forced to deliver a £14 billion package of emergency spending cuts to…