Rachel Reeves

Reeves: People still worse off despite fall in inflation

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves insists people are still worse off under a Tory government despite inflation falling to 3.2%, adding the reason for the fall was due to changes in global markets. Report..

Labour unveils plan to clamp down on retail crime

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper claimed Labour would bring in 13,000 more police officers in a bid to revive high streets. Ms Cooper claimed the government had "finally done a U-turn" as it now..

Rachel Reeves announces non-dom tax plan

Labour's Rachel Reeves has announced plans to crack down on tax avoidance. The shadow chancellor said Labour will ensure "that people who make Britain their home pay their fair share of tax here in..

Ashworth: Weak Rishi Sunak should declare a general election

Jonathan Ashworth has urged the prime minister to call a general election “now”. Whilst campaigning in Blackpool alongside Rachel Reeves, the shadow paymaster general claimed that “weak Rishi..

Reeves: We are at a moment of de-convergence

Rachel Reeves has said that “we are at a moment of de-convergence, trailing and falling further behind our competitors”, which she says has had “serious consequences for living standards, with..

Labour will seek to bring a ‘decade of national renewal’

If elected, Labour will seek to bring about a “decade of national renewal” the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones said ahead of the shadow chancellor’s speech to business and..

Labour not able to immediately ‘turn things around’

Rachel Reeves said she is “under no illusions” about the scale of the public spending challenge she will face if she becomes chancellor. Ms Reeves promised that the Labour Party would grow the..