Labour Chancellors are particularly good at it. Today’s Spending Review was Reeves’s first big opportunity to let loose.Spending public money is always more fun than the hard work of saving it,...
Seven ways the Spending Review will affect you21 minutes agoKevin PeacheyCost of living correspondentGetty ImagesAll the talk of departmental budgets and fiscal rules may feel somewhat distant from...
Rachel Reeves has announced a £2.5 billion investment in a major new rail project connecting Oxford and Cambridge. The funding will support the continued delivery of the East-West Rail line, aimed...
Keir Starmer refused to rule out further tax hikes as Kemi Badenoch called on the Prime Minister to “admit he made a mistake” on winter fuel cuts.The Prime Minister dodged questions about more...
Spending Review: When is it and what might Rachel Reeves announce?22 hours agoDearbail JordanBusiness reporter, BBC NewsReutersChancellor Rachel Reeves faces difficult choices in this week's Spending...
Italian citizenship referendum void after low turnout2 days agoLaura GozziBBC NewsGetty ImagesA referendum in Italy on easing citizenship rules and enhancing workers' rights has been declared...
French ID scheme likely to be extended1 day agoHarry WhiteheadBBC News, GuernseyBBCGuernsey's next government is likely to extend a scheme that allows French day trippers to visit the island using a...
A shipwreck believed to hold one of the greatest lost treasures in history has been confirmed by researchers, igniting a multi-billion-pound legal battle over who owns it.For more than 300 years, the...
Reeves to set out spending plans up to next election4 hours agoJoshua NevettPolitical reporterPARachel Reeves is preparing to unveil her highly anticipated spending review, setting out how much money...
Majorca's government is planning to remove hundreds of sun loungers from its beaches after pressure from locals to stop crowding the sandy stretches with foreign holidaymakers. Four beaches in the...
The heat and sun are already strongly felt across the Canary Islands, with a recent heatwave bringing temperatures as high as 40C to Gran Canaria last week. As the summer travel season is about to...
French ID scheme likely to be extended5 hours agoHarry WhiteheadBBC News, GuernseyBBCGuernsey's next government is likely to extend a scheme that allows French day trippers to visit the island using...
An investigation is under way after a deportee apparently broke free from security guards and ran across a Heathrow runway, prompting a brief shutdown of aircraft movements. The man, who was being...
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are facing a growing backbench revolt as civil war threatens to engulf Labour. Labour MPs seized Chancellor Rachel Reeves's humiliating u-turn on winter fuel payments...
Three-quarters of pensioners to get winter fuel payment after U-turn1 hour agoMichael RaceBusiness reporter, BBC NewsJohner Images/Getty ImagesMore than three-quarters of pensioners will receive the...