Rachel Reeves, Budget and Labour

Rachel Reeves under fire from Labour backbenchers over ‘impossible to sell Budget’
Rachel Reeves is under fire from Labour backbenchers who have said her Budget is “impossible to sell” to “horrified” constituents.The Chancellor had promised that her maiden Budget would boost growth and “fix the foundations” of the economy.
One thing about Rachel Reeves' Labour Budget absolutely sickens me
Rachel Reeves was positively boastful this week about the fact she’s the first ever female chancellor to deliver a budget. She forgets there have been three other women who have held the much higher office of Prime Minister – and all of them have been Tories.
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Rachel Reeves has united the Labour Party
This was a Budget which somehow managed to unite the left and the right of the party – quite some feat. John McDonnell told Times Radio that he was “pleased” Reeves shifted on the fiscal rules to allow more borrowing for long-term investment.
Five takeaways from Rachel Reeves' Budget
Reeves announced a £22.6 billion increase in the day-to-day health budget, and a £31 billion increase in the capital budget, which she said is the largest increase in spending – outside the pandemic – since 2010. By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.
UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves raises taxes by most since 1993 in first Labour budget
Britain's new finance minister Rachel Reeves announced the biggest tax increases in three decades in her first budget on Wednesday, saying she had to repair the country's broken public services with heavy spending.
Budget 2024: Will Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves tax, borrow and spend plans help or hit you?
The armed forces are in line for a £3 billion boost, according to reports, which will be used to give soldiers a pay rise backdated to April, and to buy weapons, with the aim of replenishing stockpiles depleted by donations to Ukraine.
Watch: Rachel Reeves unveils Labour’s Budget as first female chancellor
An economy that is growing, creating wealth and opportunity for all. Ms Reeves announced tax hikes that will raise an eye-watering £40bn. The chancellor said Labour had inherited a £22bn funding “black hole” from the Tories and would never again “allow a government to play fast and loose with public finances.
The huge historic claim Chancellor Rachel Reeves is making about the first Labour budget for 15 years
She told the Observer: “This is only the fourth time that Labour has gone from opposition into government. In 1945, we rebuilt after the war; in 1964, we rebuilt with the ‘white heat of technology’; and in 1997, we rebuilt our public services. We need to do all of that now.”
Rachel Reeves pledges to ‘invest, invest, invest’ as she prepares to unveil historic Labour Budget
Rachel Reeves will promise to put ‘more pounds in people’s pockets’ despite a series of tax rises expected when she becomes the first female chancellor to deliver a Budget
Rachel Reeves shamelessly admits she was wrong to promise no Labour tax hikes
Rachel Reeves has attempted to distance herself from previous promises not to raise taxes as she defended her bombshell budget.
Rachel Reeves loosens UK welfare spending target
UK welfare spending will be allowed to rise significantly this parliament after chancellor Rachel Reeves loosened a target on overall outlays, reducing pressure on the Labour government to make sharp cuts to benefits.
Reeves to Join EU Finance Meeting Next Month in Labour Reset
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will join a meeting of Eurozone finance ministers next month, as part of the new ...
UK's ultra-rich feel the pinch from Labour's tax-raising budget
Britain’s wealthy are feeling the pinch following a slew of targeted tax hikes in the Labour government’s budget, with many ...
I thought Rachel Reeves was wrecking UK - then realised what Bridget Phillipson's up to
When a Labour politician makes a sound and reasonable choice ... She holds the same dangerous politics of envy which stoked ...
Reeves Insists Labour Will Secure Growth as She Defends Budget Choices
Rachel Reeves has defended her decision to raise taxes at this week's Budget, insisting her plan provided the stability ...
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New Labour MP Cat Smith says Rachel Reeves' alcohol duty cut is wrong and that price of pint should increase
New Labour MP Cat Smith has told the House of Commons that there should be an increase in the price of a pint - rather than ...