The Latest Breaking News from Rachel Reeves

Here are the biggest stories making headlines this Valentine’s Day.

Departments making stretched links between programmes and government ‘missions’ amid fears of budget cuts

Analysis identified an £8 billion funding gap in local government finances by 2029 if current cost and demand trends continued.

Exclusive: The latest tracker poll from Techne UK has seen the Conservatives drop another point in a week where Kemi Badenoch was strongly criticised for her performance in PMQs

Editorial: Despite growth in 2024, living standards fell. Inequality, weak public investment and government cuts threaten prosperity. Labour must offer voters something different

The Springwatch star said that ‘patience will at a certain point run out’ among climate and biodiversity campaigners.

‘There’s still questions to be asked,’ says Dame Siobhain McDonagh amid doubts being raised over an expenses probe

Chancellor and PM insist there was no wrongdoing after claims she was investigated for alleged misuse of expenses

Chancellor says growth will drive up living standards – but some are less sure

The British economy growing at a rate of 0.1% a quarter would not normally be cause for unfurling the bunting at Number 11. After all GDP could hardly advance any less rapidly without grinding to a complete halt. But after the run of ghastly headlines Rachel Reeves has endured she…

CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves lied about the amount of time she spent working for both the Bank of England and the Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) ...