Laura Marcus had several sleepless nights when Rachel Reeves announced winter fuel payments would be scrapped for some pensioners because she was so upset. The former charity worker, 68 ...

Latest news and updates on Rachel Reeves - Rachel Jane Reeves was first elected to parliament in 2010 as Labour MP for Leeds West, and was re-elected as MP for Leeds West and Pudsey in 2024.

Rachel Reeves is scrambling to ease the growing backlash over slashing winter fuel payments insisting she did not 'want' to cut the handouts. The Chancellor claimed the government had no choice ...

They were state school-educated but Rachel was the swot. 'Ellie was the more rebellious one. She's the one who dyed her hair blue.' Reeves can't ... either playing the long game (possible, given ...

Angela Rayner, grinning from ear to ear, stares into the camera as she slurps a whisky cocktail through a straw. The snap, ...

Rachel Reeves' favourite chess move is the Sicilian ... Her first moves this week show that she and her government are playing a rather long game. Top picture: Getty Images Clarification 23 ...

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Rachel Reeves has scrapped a planned cap on care costs to help fill a multi-billion pound black hole in the public finances that the chancellor says was left behind by the Conservatives.

Rachel Reeves is feared to be plotting to increase the levy - paid on the sale of business assets, second homes and some shares - after vowing only to spare 'working people' in her looming Budget.

Rachel Reeves often ... in the polls for such a long time, perhaps there is not much political incentive for the party to change its approach. We'll see tomorrow if Reeves is willing to be more ...

The Prime Minister has already recommitted £3 billion per year of military support to the end of the decade or for as long as needed. Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said: Over the ...

UK Labour chancellor Rachel Reeves anticipated that the government of PM Keir Starmer will have to raise some taxes in October's Budget, following the claim on Monday that the previous Tory ...