RACHEL Reeves will pump an extra £2billion into defence spending in a bid to boost sluggish UK growth. The Chancellor will bolster Armed Forces funding to try to offset gloomy economic forecasts ...

Why does Rachel Reeves still have a job? It's not just what she’s announcing in her spring statement this week – jobs cuts and higher taxes – that should have her sacked. It’s the fact she ...

Although the spring statement didn’t deliver cuts, it didn’t deliver a proper investment plan in our justice system either. A fair and effective justice system requires greater funding and ...

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Rachel Reeves has used her spring statement to announce a series of public spending cuts in order to balance the books without raising taxes. The statement to the Commons was not intended to be as ...

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The UK’s economic growth forecast has been slashed by half for 2025, with the official watchdog predicting a much weaker recovery. In her spring statement, chancellor Rachel Reeves aimed to balance ...

Rachel Reeves has delivered her spring statement in the House of Commons, as she tries to settle nerves against a tricky economic backdrop. The event was originally intended to be a simple ...

Remember "securonomics"? It was the buzzword Rachel Reeves gave to her economic philosophy back before the election. The idea was that in the late 2020s, the old ideas about the way we run the ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to announce a number of spending cuts in her spring statement on Wednesday. Reeves is seeking to balance the books after disappointing growth figures and ...

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 ...