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

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

Whatever Rachel Reeves may achieve, she will always be known for this

Furore over cuts to the pensioner benefit is all the more potent when the left, right and centre can all find reasons to oppose the policy

Furore over cuts to the pensioner benefit is all the more potent when the left, right and centre can all find reasons to oppose the policy

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

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

A group of leading economists has told UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves to rip up her fiscal rules at the October budget in order to borrow more to invest...

"This £8 billion investment marks the start of the economic revival and shows Britain is a place to do business."