Sky News' deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico's Anne McElvoy look at the day ahead in British politics. Today's the day for Rachel Reeves, as she aims to get the economy growing with a ...

The government supports a third runway at Heathrow, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced. Ms Reeves said the expansion of Europe's busiest airport was "badly needed" to connect the UK to the ...

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The host, 68, brutally tore into the Chancellor, 45, as he quizzed her about why she had lied about the length of time she had worked at the Bank of England. Mr Madeley went through her career ...

Chanellor Rachel Reeves is due to support a number of major infrastructure schemes in a speech on growth on Wednesday (Steve Parsons/PA) Chancellor Rachel Reeves has supported a number of major ...

Rachel Reeves has told the Blob to stop saying ‘no’ to proposals that could boost growth. The Chancellor said the Government had ‘become used’ to rejecting ideas, but must change and start ...

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“I strongly suspect this idea will not work.” He is not alone. Rachel Vahey, head of public policy at AJ Bell, argues that Labour is “encouraging pension trustees to take risks with other ...

LONDON — Rachel Reeves the miserabilist is gone: Long live the sunny rebrand of Britain’s top finance minister. The Labour chancellor used a much-hyped speech Wednesday morning to announce a blizzard ...

Speaking at a factory in Oxfordshire, Rachel Reeves reaffirmed Labour’s commitment to their growth strategy, announcing a raft of major new infrastructure projects alongside Heathrow including ...

Rachel Reeves is currently busy trying to cast herself as a deregulatory Chancellor, which has received a cautious welcome from business groups. But the fact remains that businesses are still ...

Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme [2:17] this morning about government backing for a third runway at Heathrow Airport, the chancellor Rachel Reeves claimed that “the last time we built a ...