Rachel Reeves is eyeing changes to inheritance tax to help plug the huge gap in the public finances, according to reports.The Chancellor is said to be looking at tightening rules on gifting of money...
One million people have been put on benefits that do not require them to look for work since Labour took power, new figures have revealed. A record eight million people, mostly Britons, now claim...
Supermarket giant Iceland has slammed Rachel Reeves, blaming the Chancellor for pushing up food prices. Iceland is expecting UK food price inflation to peak at between 4% and 5% in the next six...
OPINIONKeir Starmer slammed by Esther McVey (Image: Getty)What a carry on! Before entering No.10, Keir Starmer vowed to “clean up politics”. Clearly, what he meant was that he and his ministers...
When I look at how the UK economy has performed in the 13 long and unlucky months she’s been chancellor, I see only decline and disarray. Yet, in an article for yesterday’s Sunday Mirror, Reeves...
Rachel Reeves was dealt another hammer blow as the economic gloom hanging over the UK and spiralling employment costs hit jobs. Hospitality firms have been “taxed out” from hiring this Summer,...
Labour has been blamed for pushing the average cost of a cremation beyond £1,000 for the first time. Latest industry records show the price of dying has risen to an all-time high, with charges at...
Rachel Reeves is caught in a grim trap of Labour's making. She cannot trim public spending because her own backbenchers will rebel, just as they did over cuts to disability benefits. Borrowing more...
A 20 year old from Hong Kong with a £100,000 bounty on her head has accused “short-sighted” Labour of “sacrificing Britain’s democracy” over China’s proposed mega-embassy. Chloe Cheung...
From April 2027, every saver will have to hand their National Insurance (NI) number to their bank under new rules signed off by Rachel Reeves. It’s all part of a drive to make it easier for HMRC to...
Living standards are expected to stagnate for at least a year under Labour, the Bank of England has warned, as concerns mount over further tax rises and soaring prices.Threadneedle Street pointed the...
Interest rates cut to lowest level in more than two years15 minutes agoDearbail JordanBusiness reporter, BBC NewsEPAThe Bank of England has cut interest rates to 4%, taking the cost of borrowing to...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has refused to rule out putting up gambling taxes, after a thinktank said the move could raise £3.2bn for the Treasury and cover the cost of taking half a million children...
Keir Starmer’s wife has accepted free tickets to Royal Ascot worth hundreds of pounds last month, just a year after the pair were embroiled in a scandal about free gifts. Last October the PM was...
Rachel Reeves is set to damage confidence in the private pensions system with new laws giving her the power to decide how workers’ money is invested, industry leaders have warned. The...