Unions tell PM to ease fiscal rules and improve Brexit deal as stocks tumble
Union leaders have called on the Prime Minister to go further than the watering down of green targets…
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Spring Statement: Reeves ‘confident’ civil service could cut 10,000 roles as Blunkett decries fiscal rules
The former Home Secretary David Blunkett has urged the Chancellor Rachel Reeves to loosen Labour’s fiscal rules, as…
Reeves v the markets: ‘Three lessons from past Labour governments’
Earlier this week government yields – the amount of money governments pay to borrow money – rose to…
Budget 2024: The tax rises and spending plans to expect as PM revises bus fare cap and reveals back-to-work package
Labour’s first Budget since returning to power is fast approaching, with many of the policies Chancellor Rachel Reeves…
Sam White: ‘Budget 2024 leaves Reeves facing nine circles of fiscal hell’
In the ‘Divine Comedy’, Dante tells the story of the hero being led through the Nine Circles of…
Budget 2024: ‘Reeves has the nation’s morale in her hands, not just its finances’
Economists will say it’s illogical. They will point to inflation falling and salaries now climbing faster than prices…
Budget 2024: ‘No fiscal rule is perfect. But this one means welcome investment’
Speaking yesterday at the IMF in Washington, Rachel Reeves finally confirmed the rumour that has been circulating in…
Budget 2024 fiscal rules: What is Reeves changing – and why does it matter?
The Chancellor Rachel Reeves has signalled Labour’s first Budget next week will loosen the UK government’s self-imposed fiscal…
‘A fiscal rule shakeup would unlock cash. But what could the new rules be?’
“It is time the Treasury moved on from just counting the costs of investments, to recognising the benefits…
‘Why Rachel Reeves could tweak fiscal rules without spooking the markets’
US political strategist James Carville once quipped that, after death, rather than being reincarnated as the President, he…
