Britain in a black hole: Rachel Reeves is forced to admit UK economy is flat-lining as she desperately slashes welfare payments among £15bn of cuts in make-or-break Spring Statement_Nhy
Rachel Reeves is laying out a wave of spending cuts today as she battles to balance the government’s books amid stalling growth. The Chancellor stressed the grim realities facing the country as she delivered her Spring Statement to the Commons, arguing…
Brits see Rachel Reeves as ‘incompetent’ as she faces make-or-break Spring Statement TOMORROW – with BoE giving grim growth warning ahead of ‘£15bn’ cuts package_nhy
Brits view Rachel Reeves as ‘incompetent’ as she prepares to deliver a make-or-break Spring Statement tomorrow. Polling by More in Common revealed the word was the most popular response when people were asked to sum up the Chancellor. It also exposed the…
£40,000-a-year boarding school in Rachel Reeves’ constituency is forced to close after becoming ‘financially unviable’_nhy
A private school in Rachel Reeves‘ constituency that has been running for almost three centuries has been forced to close after becoming ‘financially unviable’. The historic Fulneck School – in the Chancellor’s constituency of Pudsey, west Yorkshire – made the announcement…
Don’t shift the blame for failing economy, Reeves told: Chancellor prepares to unveil £15bn in new spending cuts – and will say global chaos is at fault for her tearing up her fiscal rules_nhy
Rachel Reeves will today blame world events for Britain’s faltering economy – as voters in a bombshell poll say it is her fault. The beleaguered Chancellor will publish official forecasts this afternoon showing the outlook for economic growth has halved to…
If I want to go to a gig I’ll pay for it’: Minister condemns Rachel Reeves over ‘inappropriate’ freebie tickets to Sabrina Carpenter gig as Chancellor confirms who picked up the tab_Nhy
Rachel Reeves faced a battering from another Labour minister today over her Sabrina Carpenter freebie. Housing minister Matthew Pennycook said it was ‘inappropriate’ to take free tickets to gigs, insisting: ‘If I want to go to a concert at the O2 I’ll pay…
BoE heaps woe on Rachel Reeves with bleak warning over UK growth prospects as she tries to appease Labour MPs with affordable housing plan ahead of ‘£15bn’ cuts in brutal Spring Statement_Nhy
The Bank of England has heaped woe on Rachel Reeves with a bleak warning over UK growth prospects ahead of the Spring Statement. The Chancellor is bracing to wield the axe on spending at the fiscal event tomorrow – with £15billion of cuts expected…
Peers to get equivalent of £81,000 salary for just 150 days’ work as tax-free allowance is hiked to £371 (and the House usually only sits for six hours_Nhy
Peers are set to rake in more than £55,000 a year tax-free after the latest hike to their allowances. The standard per diem for members of the House of Lords is due to rise from £361 to £371 next week,…
Remainers unite! MPs lash out at ‘unmitigated disaster’ of Brexit and urge Starmer to get closer with ‘reset’ in Commons debate over petition to rejoin the EU_Nhy
Remainer MPs lashed out at the ‘disaster’ of Brexit as they debated a petition supporting the UK rejoining the EU. Labour and Lib Dem politicians last night urged Sir Keir Starmer to get Britain back into a much-closer relationship with Brussels under his planned ‘reset’, with some…
How about cutting your freebies, Chancellor: Her Budget killed growth. This week she’s set to cut 10,000 civil service jobs. But yesterday Rachel Reeves squirmed as she justified taking free tickets to a Sabrina Carpenter concert_nhy
Rachel Reeves has come under fire for accepting an expensive freebie as she prepares to axe thousands of jobs. The embattled Chancellor admitted that she and a family member took £600 seats in a corporate box at a Sabrina Carpenter concert…
Illegal migrants will be put up in hotels for years to come, Treasury admits – as advisers tell the Home Office to find cheaper accommodation_Nhy
The Home Office has been ordered to find cheaper accommodation for migrants in a bid to stop private firms from ‘profiteering’ from small boat crossings. A Treasury document acknowledged that in the face of ‘global instability’ migrants are likely to need to…