Labour faces some tough choices with its Spring Statement: after increasing business taxes and public spending last autumn, the government now has to grapple with unhappy companies and a maxed-out ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will present her first highly anticipated spring statement to parliament on Wednesday. After a controversial first Autumn budget was revealed in October 2024, Ms Reeves ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced a £14bn repair package in her Spring Statement as she seeks to fill a ...

Britain's Labour government is under intense scrutiny as Chancellor Rachel Reeves updated British lawmakers on her spending and taxation plans and the outlook for the British economy. Reeves announced ...

Rachel Reeves will make a show of "defiance" in next week's Spring Statement as the Government seeks to move past it by-election drubbing. The Chancellor is expected to deliver a no-frills update to ...

In her Spring Statement to the House of Commons on Tuesday, Rachel Reeves announced little new policy, while admitting that economic growth would slow this year while unemployment would peak. The ...