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 ...

That is to say, if Labour were to pursue much closer ties with the EU, it would shore up its fragmenting voter base, pursue a ...

The full New State Pension is currently worth £11,502 in the 2024/25 tax year and will rise to £11,973 in 2025/26. This ...

Given everything that she’s done since becoming chancellor of the Exchequer, the odd thing about Rachel Reeves is that she’s still in the job. Obviously, she can’t be blamed for everything ...

AstraZeneca turned down an offer of nearly £80mn in UK state support when it abruptly cancelled plans for a £450mn vaccine manufacturing site near Liverpool, according to people briefed on the matter.

The pharmaceuticals group, the UK’s most valuable listed company, rejected the government’s offer at a tense meeting on Wednesday afternoon, just hours after chancellor Rachel Reeves name ...

Rachel Reeves is to water down her crackdown on the non-dom tax status after analysis showed it had prompted an exodus of millionaires. The chancellor said she would be tabling an amendment to the ...

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Rachel Reeves has set out a series of major announcements on infrastructure projects, including backing plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport. She promised to go "further and faster" than ...

The chancellor gave a bizarre reason for her objection to the development at Leeds Bradford when quizzed about it by BBC presenter Charlie Stayt. The pair’s awkward exchange came a day after ...

Rachel Reeves reached far and wide as she sought to revive the UK’s flagging economy with wind turbines, roads, airports, railways, trade deals, and proposed reforms to pensions, planning and ...

Indeed, after Rachel Reeves’s snub to a near totally absent Scotland in ... But its biggest firm is Novo Nordisk – the pharmaceutical company behind Ozempic and other weight-loss/diabetes drugs. Yes, ...