Business leaders in Greater Manchester have warned Chancellor Rachel Reeves that plans to increase National Insurance payments for employers will hit job creation in the area.

Rachel Reeves says she is "absolutely committed" to spending 2.5% of GDP on defence and will "set out a pathway" to do so "in the proper way". The chancellor adds, "a strong economy depends on strong ...

I have always been clear that creating new job opportunities and improving workers' rights would be among my top priorities for St Helens North.

BETRAYAL. It’s not a word I bandy about loosely. Its overuse devalues the potency of its meaning, the force of accusation involved.

The extent of this dependence is such that if London’s economic output was excluded from national figures, living standards in the UK would fall by 14%, meaning that Britons would be worse off than ...

Anas Sarwar promised in the 2024 Westminster election that Labour would save the jobs at Grangemouth. …a private company ...

Labour’s plans for investment could make this parliament the most impactful to Britain’s physical and economic landscape since Thatcher. As a fury of plans have been announced by the government and ...

How much easier would Keir Starmer’s life be if his chancellor, Rachel Reeves, decided that the various ... quite recent example of this was poor old Kwasi Kwarteng. A victim, to some extent ...

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Rachel Reeves has been under scrutiny this week for first her CV and now her alleged use of expenses in a previous job. Sir Keir Starmer has given his full backing to the chancellor, stating he has ...

Since BBC News reported on Thursday that Rachel Reeves had exaggerated her online CV and had been investigated over her use of expenses while working at Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS), Labour ...

Rachel Reeves says "no one ever raised any concerns" about her expenses when she worked at HBOS, as she responds to reports she was investigated while working for the bank. The chancellor was ...