Priti Patel: Starmer has put up the white flag of surrender over Chagos – his deal is an epic failure
The shadow foreign secretary on Labour’s naivety over China, Trump’s greatest strength and why the UK desperately needs ...
Commons chief urged Reeves to speak up for Hong Kong campaigner jailed
Ms Ghani is understood to have been ticked off by her boss, Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle , and reminded of the convention that, ...
Reforming pensions would make us less in hock to China – here’s how
A darker and little-reported backdrop to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s visit to China last week raises questions of where we ...
Reeves must break fiscal rules to boost defence spending or risk row with Trump, says military chief
Major cross-government cuts another option but Armed Forces are in ‘woeful state’ and ‘hollowed out after years of ...
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Reeves readies for Davos but relations with US are the key
When Rachel Reeves touches down in snowy Davos next week, she will be embarking on a hectic few days pressing flesh with the global elite. Attendees include big bank bosses, world leaders such as the ...
Buyer’s remorse about Labour? Why it's clear Keir Starmer is preparing rerun of Tory austerity
Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ visit to China and Keir Starmer’s insistence on staying outside the EU single market leaves the UK ...
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The prime minister is in denial about the trouble that Trump is about to cause
For all his efforts to ingratiate himself with the new US president, Keir Starmer finds himself studiously not invited to the inauguration – unlike other leaders (and Nigel Farage) – and unable to ...
Rising borrowing costs batter UK government and threaten to derail its left-leaning program
Britain’s new government, which is already facing anger over higher taxes, unpopular spending decisions and political ...
Rachel Reeves refuses to rule out emergency spending cuts amid economic crisis fears
Downing Street left door open to an emergency Budget in the spring following the rising cost of government borrowing ...
U.K. to Meet Fiscal Rules at All Times, Treasury Chief Says
The U.K. government will stick to its borrowing rules despite a recent rise in borrowing costs, Treasury Chief Rachel Reeves told lawmakers Tuesday. U.K. government bond yields hit multi-year highs ...
Britain's Reeves pledges to stick to fiscal rules at all times
British finance minister Rachel Reeves, facing criticism for her management of the economy after a sharp increase in the cost ...