Policy ‘always shot down immediately’ by Tories but was part of prepared series of options presented to Rachel Reeves, insiders say

Chancellor maintains that overspending by previous government has left her little room for manoeuvre

Once again, George Osborne clone Rachel Reeves has been bandying about the Labour Party’s austerity agenda. Specifically, she told Sky News on...

Figures are a blow to chancellor Rachel Reeves who has put growth at the heart of government’s agenda

President Mohamed Muizzu is seeking bailouts from India and China.  Maldives in a financial mess and is looking out for bailouts from India and...

Rachel Reeves tells Labour MPs that axing allowance for all but poorest pensioners will help plug £22bn hole in finances

Some Labour MPs are uneasy over the move to scrap winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners.

Chancellor tells meeting of parliamentary Labour party there will be more difficult decisions to come

The government saw off a rebellion over its plans to cut winter fuel allowance this week. John Harris speaks to Caroline Abrahams from Age UK about...

The government of Sir Keir Starmer, despite remaining glued to a foreign policy friendly and accommodating to Israel, has found the strain a bit...