The Conservatives mockingly called her a "copy and paste shadow chancellor". Getty Images Rachel Reeves served as shadow chief secretary to the Treasury under Ed Balls (right), pictured in 2012 ...

With the government announcing big spending and tax, the differences between the two main parties feel sharper, writes.

Rachel Reeves unveiled her first budget on Wednesday (Getty Images) The yield – or interest rate – on a 10-year gilt, an indicator for the cost of state borrowing, hit 4.6 per cent on Thursday ...

Rachel Reeves announced the Government would increase the Stamp Duty Land Tax payable on second homes and buy-to-let from 3% ...

Rachel Reeves holds the chancellor’s iconic red briefcase (POOL/AFP via Getty Images) However, there were also some surprises ...

Even before the role of Chancellor of the Exchequer officially existed, it was a man making the country’s major financial ...

The Chancellor has been accused of covering up the impact of her National Insurance raid on workers. While all tax policy ...

A fiscal statement of historic proportions was unveiled this afternoon, as Rachel Reeves, the first woman Chancellor in British history, delivered Labour's first Budget in 14 years. Reeves ...

Today’s 2024 Budget included major changes to National Insurance, Capital Gains and even the price of pints and tobacco. Some ...

Images By Tang Ming Tung//Getty Images Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced over £40bn of tax rises, the most ever in a single budget Most of the money will come from business, with employers ...

Labour’s Rachel Reeves signaled that the new British government plans record tax rises on the wealthy and on business.

Rachel Reeves had a different definition. Working people are "strivers who graft", according to the chancellor. She wrote in ...