Rachel Reeves is the UK’s first female chancellor. Here’s why that’s so significant
Rachel Reeves has made history by becoming the UK’s first female chancellor of the exchequer, bringi...
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If Rachel Reeves hikes capital gains tax, she’ll be more in line with Nigel Lawson than Gordon Brown
With Labour heavily predicted to win the upcoming UK election, there has been much talk about future...
Sell-offs and tax cuts stripped the UK of vital assets. A national wealth fund could turn the tide
One of Labour’s most radical manifesto pledges is the plan to create a national wealth fund. To help...
Why Britain’s politicians are obssessed with potholes – and why they still can’t seem to fix them
The Labour party has announced a pledge to fix 1 million potholes across England in each year of the...
Rachel Reeves wants to end the UK’s gender pay gap for good – here’s how she could do it
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has declared she wants to end the gender pay gap once and for all. I...
Keir Starmer rejects ‘tax and spend’, so do Labour’s plans for economic growth add up?
In launching Labour’s manifesto, Keir Starmer sought to shed his party’s “tax and spend” image. Inst...
Keir Starmer appoints historic cabinet with record number of women – now comes the hard part: governing
As the dust settles on Labour’s historic election win, Keir Starmer, the UK’s new prime minister, ha...
What Labour’s election means for women: the good and the bad
It’s a good day for women’s representation in politics. The proportion of women MPs has reached a re...
The chancellor has tied her own hands with her fiscal rules – here’s why she should change them
The new government has made boosting economic growth its central goal. Chancellor Rachel Reeves wast...
Why the new government is staying silent about the City – it won’t get tough on the UK’s financial sector anytime soon
Rachel Reeves’ first speech as the UK chancellor highlighted the financial constraints the new Labou...
Why Rachel Reeves can’t seem to make her ‘£22bn black hole’ narrative convincing
Rachel Reeves had hardly stepped down from the dispatch box to make her first big statement as chanc...
A double whammy of winter fuel payment cuts and scrapping a planned cap on social care costs is set to hit older people
Before the general election, former prime minister Rishi Sunak was asked on TV why he “hated pension...
The UK risks missing out on the coming AI boom – here’s how it can get back on track
Rachel Reeves, the UK chancellor of the exchequer, has been making cost-cutting announcements ahead ...
Did Starmer have to be so miserable? The doom and gloom may be more political than economic
Keir Starmer has warned that things will get worse for the UK before they get better. The prime mini...
Some pensioners are pretty well off. But how many can afford to lose the winter fuel payment?
The government’s plan to restrict pensioners’ winter fuel payment to households getting pension cred...
Economists have urged Rachel Reeves to loosen the purse strings – here’s why it’s not that easy
A group of economists has publicly urged chancellor Rachel Reeves to reverse her stance on public in...