The Latest Breaking News from Rachel Reeves

Margaret Hodge, the ex-Labour minister who now sits in the Lords, has criticised Wes Streeting on the BBC

The bosses of some of the UK’s biggest firms have accused the government of failing to engage with them ahead of the Budget, while a survey of business chiefs finds two thirds believe it will make Britain a less attractive country to investors

In today’s newsletter: The health secretary is introducing performance rankings for hospitals, to reward the ‘good’ and punish the ‘bad’. Staff are fearful and furious

A wide variety of stories adorn Thursday’s front pages.

Chancellor to tell City leaders of Canada-style plan to pool assets for benefit of long-term investment

The megafunds will mirror schemes in Australia and Canada under the Government plans.

It’s hard to pinpoint the most egregious side effects of Rachel Reeves’s Budget so far, with its blizzard of bizarre policies fraught with unpleasant unintended consequences. Who do they most want to hurt? Business owners, farmers and parents who have the cheek to want the best education for their children…

Chancellor Rachel Reeves hiked employers’ national insurance rates and lowered the threshold at which they are paid

Sometime this autumn, the UK government is expected to publish its plan to “get Britain working again”.