Rachel Reeves Facts and News Updates


Reeves: We’re in intense negotiations over tariffs Rachel Reeves confirmed the UK is currently in “intense negotiations” with the US over tariffs “across the board”. The Chancellor said she “does not want to see tariffs go up”, highlighting.. Credit: ODN Duration: 00:45Published 2 days ago

Reeves shown first AI-powered strike drone Rachel Reeves has visited Wellington Barracks in central London after announcing in her Spring Statement that defence spending will increase by 2.5% in GDP. The chancellor and the defence secretary.. Credit: ODN Duration: 01:10Published 3 days ago

Reeves: I'm not in favour of national service The chancellor says house building commitments in her Spring Statement will benefit young people and that she is "not in favour of national service". Speaking to ITV News, Rachel Reeves adds watching a.. Credit: ODN Duration: 01:41Published 3 days ago

Reeves: Nation's defences are stronger with spending boost Rachel Reeves has outlined her plans to "strengthen our nation's defences", by increasing defence spending to 2.5% of GDP and to build 1.5 million new homes. The chancellor acknowledges that the OBR.. Credit: ODN Duration: 01:34Published 3 days ago

Badenoch: Reeves' Spring Statement is all smoke and mirrors Kemi Badenoch has accused Rachel Reeves' Spring Statement as being "all smoke and mirrors", pointing to rising inflation, increased unemployment and low growth. The Conservative Party leader added,.. Credit: ODN Duration: 01:32Published 3 days ago

Chancellor’s welfare cuts are a disabled ‘double whammy’ Following Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey says the proposed cuts to welfare are a "double whammy" hitting disabled people who cannot work while cutting support.. Credit: ODN Duration: 00:47Published 3 days ago

Reeves: House building to reach 40-year high The chancellor says Labour reforms will lead to house building reaching a 40-year high, according to the OBR. Rachel Reeves adds that changes to the national planning framework alone will help build.. Credit: ODN Duration: 00:47Published 3 days ago

Chancellor increases defence spending to 2.5% of GDP Rachel Reeves has announced that defence spending will increase to 2.5% of GDP because we are "living in an uncertain world". The chancellor adds that another £2.2bn will be provided for the Ministry.. Credit: ODN Duration: 00:39Published 3 days ago

Reeves 'not satisfied' as UK's growth forecast downgraded The chancellor says the OBR has downgraded the UK's economic growth forecast from 2% to 1% for 2025. Rachel Reeves admits she is "not satisfied with these numbers" and believes her statement is a.. Credit: ODN Duration: 00:53Published 3 days ago

Rachel Reeves cuts health element of universal credit Rachel Reeves has announced that the universal credit health element will be cut by around half and then frozen for new claimants. The chancellor also announces a £1bn investment "to provide.. Credit: ODN Duration: 01:17Published 3 days ago

Chancellor leaves Downing Street to deliver Spring statement The chancellor has left Downing Street for the House of Commons where she will deliver her Spring statement. Rachel Reeves, who enjoyed seeing inflation fall to 2.8% this morning, is expected to.. Credit: ODN Duration: 00:50Published 3 days ago

Starmer departs Downing Street for PMQs and Spring statement Sir Keir Starmer has left Downing Street for the House of Commons where he will face questions from Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch. After PMQs, the prime minister will listen to Chancellor.. Credit: ODN Duration: 00:39Published 3 days ago

Welfare cuts and defence boost expected in Spring statement Chancellor Rachel Reeves will give her Spring statement in the House of Commons this lunchtime, where she is expected to announce welfare cuts and a boost to defence spending. Report by Brooksl. Like.. Credit: ODN Duration: 00:45Published 3 days ago

Starmer's top team arrive at FCDO ahead of Spring budget Members of Sir Keir Starmer's top team arrive at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office before heading to a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street ahead of Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Spring budget.. Credit: ODN Duration: 01:20Published 3 days ago

Cabinet arrives at Downing Street ahead of Spring budget Sir Keir Starmer's cabinet arrive at Downing Street ahead of Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Spring budget announcement in the House of Commons. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at.. Credit: ODN Duration: 01:20Published 3 days ago

Chancellor pledges £2.2bn boost to defence spending The chancellor says her Spring budget will include a £2.2 billion boost to defence spending. Rachel Reeves adds this has been funded by "reducing what we spend on international development". Report by.. Credit: ODN Duration: 02:02Published 3 days ago

Green Party: Taxing wealth fairly would avoid need for cuts The Green Party has said the government's expected cuts to welfare are "not fair" and that Chancellor Rachel Reeves could avoid making the cuts by choosing to "tax wealth fairly". Co-leaders Carla.. Credit: ODN Duration: 01:20Published 4 days ago

Conservatives: Reeves looks out of her depth ahead of budget The shadow chief secretary to the Treasury says Rachel Reeves "looks out of her depth" and senses she is "having to backtrack and look for savings" ahead of tomorrow's Spring budget. Richard Fuller.. Credit: ODN Duration: 01:44Published 4 days ago

Reeves reiterates govt's pledge to build 1.5 million homes The chancellor has reiterated the government's plan to build 1,500,000 homes over its first five years of power, to solve the UK's "desperate housing crisis". Rachel Reeves spoke on a visit to a.. Credit: ODN Duration: 00:48Published 4 days ago

Chancellor insists tech tax is ‘hugely important’ Chancellor Rachel Reeves insists the digital services tax is "hugely important" amid media reports suggesting Britain could slash the levy on big tech companies in order to stave off American tariffs... Credit: ODN Duration: 00:18Published 5 days ago

Chancellor dismisses reports of axing free school meals Chancellor Rachel Reeves does not "recognise" reports suggesting that ministers are looking at reducing the number of children in England who receive free school meals. Report by Jonesia. Like us on.. Credit: ODN Duration: 00:27Published 5 days ago

Griffith criticises Reeves ahead of Spring Statement Shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith has criticised Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of her Spring Statement, blaming her previous budget decisions for the economic downturn. He said that the.. Credit: ODN Duration: 01:19Published 5 days ago

Reeves confirms Spring Statement won’t include tax increases Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirms there won’t be tax increases as she prepares to deliver the Spring Statement. Report by Ajagbef. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us.. Credit: ODN Duration: 00:30Published 6 days ago

Starmer defends Labour record ahead of spring statement Sir Keir Starmer defended Labour’s economic record since coming into Government, amid questions from Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch on why Rachel Reeves will hold her spring statement next week... Credit: ODN Duration: 00:56Published 1 week ago

Jenrick: Confidence has collapsed in our economy Robert Jenrick says "confidence has collapsed within our economy", after the latest Office for National Statistics figures show it contracted by 0.1% in January. The shadow justice secretary says the.. Credit: ODN Duration: 01:12Published 2 weeks ago

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Chancellor signals first budget will be painful mix of spending cuts, tax rises and higher borrowing Chancellor Rachel Reeves has signalled her first budget as chancellor could be a painful mix of spending cuts, tax rises and increased borrowing. Sky News - Published on September 11, 2024
Government 'picking pockets of pensioners' by cutting winter fuel payments, says union boss Firebrand union leader Sharon Graham has told Sky News that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is guilty of "picking the pockets of pensioners" by cutting winter fuel payments. Sky News - Published on September 8, 2024
Green Party to demand wealth tax to 'defend public services' The Green Party will demand the government introduces a wealth tax when Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers her first budget next month. Sky News - Published on September 6, 2024

Chancellor urged to impose 'pay-per-mile' scheme on electric cars Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been urged to impose a pay-per-mile scheme on British drivers to avoid a "black hole" from lost fuel duty revenue. Sky News - Published on September 2, 2024
'Laughable' for Reeves to claim she didn't know true state of the public finances It is "laughable" for Rachel Reeves to claim she didn't know the full state of the public finances until she took office, Ruth Davidson has said. Sky News - Published on August 22, 2024
Which tax rises could Labour introduce in autumn budget? Tax rises will likely be announced in the autumn budget, chancellor Rachel Reeves has admitted. Sky News - Published on July 31, 2024

'He lied': Rachel Reeves claims Jeremy Hunt 'covered up true state' of UK's finances The chancellor has accused her predecessor Jeremy Hunt of deliberately covering up the truth about the state of the UK's finances. Sky News - Published on July 30, 2024
Make no mistake, the chancellor's statement is not the worst of what she will have to announce Rachel Reeves' statement on Monday was about using the past to justify the future: marking the most significant deviation from the platform for government which Labour spent months preparing and.. Sky News - Published on July 29, 2024
Rachel Reeves hints at tax rises in autumn budget Rachel Reeves has strongly hinted there will be tax rises in the autumn budget as she promised to be "honest" about "difficult" decisions that lie ahead. Sky News - Published on July 29, 2024
The chancellor's key funding gap accusations and what she plans to do Rachel Reeves has accused her predecessor of hiding a "£22bn funding gap" for the current financial year, as she announced a series of "tough decisions" to compensate. Sky News - Published on July 29, 2024

Rachel Reeves announces first Labour government budget date The first budget under the new government will take place on 30 October, Rachel Reeves has announced. Sky News - Published on July 29, 2024
Rachel Reeves scraps some winter fuel payments as she reveals cuts Chancellor Rachel Reeves has scrapped some winter fuel payments - along with a raft of other government programmes and policies to plug a projected government overspend of £22bn. Sky News - Published on July 29, 2024
Chancellor to signal cost-cutting steps as she accuses Tories of fiscal 'cover up' Rachel Reeves will signal Labour's plans to cut government departments and the Civil Service as the new administration looks to accuse Rishi Sunak of "covering up" problems with the economy. Sky News - Published on July 28, 2024	Chancellor pledges to 'fix' economy - as expert says 'black hole' matches Tory tax cuts Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised to "fix" the "mess" the Conservative government left in the economy, amid reports of a £20bn "black hole" in the public finances. Sky News - Published on July 26, 2024
The Casablanca chancellor has boxed herself in on filling the black hole in public finances Rachel Reeves will echo one of the great cameos in cinema history on Monday, when she updates Parliament on the findings of a Treasury audit of the public finances. Sky News - Published on July 26, 2024	Chancellor announces mandatory housing targets and end to onshore wind ban to 'get Britain building again' Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced mandatory housing targets and an end to the onshore wind ban to get "Britain building again". Sky News - Published on July 8, 2024
'Working people are people who go out to work,' says Labour's Rachel Reeves Labour's shadow chancellor has said "working people are people who go out to work" after the party has repeatedly said it would not raise taxes for "working people". Sky News - Published on June 19, 2024	Rachel Reeves' Tory manifesto mortgage claim 'very speculative', warns Full Fact A claim made by Rachel Reeves that the Tory manifesto would increase mortgages by over £4,000 is "very speculative" and based on "multiple assumptions", a leading charity has said. Sky News - Published on June 12, 2024
Reeves refuses to rule out further tax rises if Labour finds black hole in public finances post-election Rachel Reeves has refused to rule out tax rises beyond income tax, national insurance and corporation tax if Labour finds a black hole in the public finances once it enters government. Sky News - Published on May 28, 2024	Labour will be 'pro-worker and pro-business' - Reeves makes pitch to be next chancellor Labour will be both "pro-worker and pro-business" if it wins the general election, Rachel Reeves will pledge on Tuesday. Sky News - Published on May 27, 2024
Who is the Tory MP that backed Liz Truss for PM but has now defected to Labour? It has been fewer than two years since Labour's shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves told Tory MP Natalie Elphicke to "f*** off" for criticising Marcus Rashford at the Euros. Now they are colleagues. Sky News - Published on May 8, 2024	It's hard to see a dramatic change from Tory policy in Rachel Reeves's rite of passage speech The Mais lecture has become a kind of rite of passage for all aspirant chancellors. Sky News - Published on March 19, 2024
Scrapping non-dom tax status 'an utter humiliation' for government, Labour claims Scrapping the non-dom tax status for wealthy foreign nationals is "an utter humiliation for this government", shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has said. Sky News - Published on March 10, 2024	Rachel Reeves winning sizeable minority of former Tory backers, Voters Panel reveals Rachel Reeves is winning a sizeable minority of former Conservative backers despite nagging worries about Labour overspending if they get into power, Sky News Voters Panel has revealed. Sky News - Published on March 5, 2024
Labour will inherit 'worst economic situation since Second World War', shadow chancellor warns Labour will inherit the worst economic situation of any incoming government since the Second World War, Rachel Reeves warned today, accusing the Conservative Party of "burning the house down" during.. Sky News - Published on February 28, 2024	Rachel Reeves accepted donation from peer with links to climate sceptic group Rachel Reeves accepted a £10,000 donation from a supporter linked with climate sceptic groups, shortly before Labour ditched its pledge to invest £28bn a year in green energy. Sky News - Published on February 15, 2024
Pro-Palestinian protesters 'crossed line' with demos at MPs' homes and offices Pro-Palestinian demonstrators who have vandalised offices and sent threats to MPs have "crossed the line from protest to intimidation", Labour's shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has said. Sky News - Published on November 19, 2023	Labour's Rachel Reeves denies copying 'entire paragraphs' in new book after plagiarism accusations Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has denied accusations of plagiarism in her new book. Sky News - Published on October 26, 2023
An audacious political land grab - Reeves takes advantage of months of Tory own goals \| Beth Rigby Rachel Reeves wore a dark blue power suit, spoke of iron fiscal discipline and was introduced and endorsed by former Chancellor George Osborne's pick for Bank of England governor, Mark Carney. Sky News - Published on October 9, 2023	Labour announces plans to 'rebuild Britain' with review of every major infrastructure project Labour will examine every ongoing major infrastructure project to "get Britain building again on day one" after it wins a general election, Rachel Reeves has said. Sky News - Published on October 9, 2023
Rachel Reeves pledges overhaul of UK's 'antiquated' planning system Rachel Reeves will promise to speed up planning processes to revive the economy as she branded the Tories the "single biggest obstacle" to the economy. Sky News - Published on October 8, 2023	Voters prefer Rachel Reeves to Jeremy Hunt for chancellor, poll shows Labour's Rachel Reeves has opened up a clear lead over the Conservatives' Jeremy Hunt when voters are asked who should be the next chancellor of the exchequer, according to an exclusive poll for Sky.. Sky News - Published on September 5, 2023
Rachel Reeves takes inspiration from Biden's economic policy in Washington speech Labour will take inspiration from Joe Biden to create jobs and reduce inflation with an approach branded by the shadow chancellor as "secureonomics". Sky News - Published on May 24, 2023

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Government 'picking pockets of pensioners' by cutting winter fuel payments, says union boss

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Chancellor urged to impose 'pay-per-mile' scheme on electric cars

'Laughable' for Reeves to claim she didn't know true state of the public finances

Which tax rises could Labour introduce in autumn budget?

'He lied': Rachel Reeves claims Jeremy Hunt 'covered up true state' of UK's finances

Make no mistake, the chancellor's statement is not the worst of what she will have to announce

Rachel Reeves hints at tax rises in autumn budget

The chancellor's key funding gap accusations and what she plans to do

Rachel Reeves announces first Labour government budget date

Rachel Reeves scraps some winter fuel payments as she reveals cuts

Chancellor to signal cost-cutting steps as she accuses Tories of fiscal 'cover up'

Chancellor pledges to 'fix' economy - as expert says 'black hole' matches Tory tax cuts

The Casablanca chancellor has boxed herself in on filling the black hole in public finances

Chancellor announces mandatory housing targets and end to onshore wind ban to 'get Britain building again'

'Working people are people who go out to work,' says Labour's Rachel Reeves

Rachel Reeves' Tory manifesto mortgage claim 'very speculative', warns Full Fact

Reeves refuses to rule out further tax rises if Labour finds black hole in public finances post-election

Labour will be 'pro-worker and pro-business' - Reeves makes pitch to be next chancellor

Who is the Tory MP that backed Liz Truss for PM but has now defected to Labour?

It's hard to see a dramatic change from Tory policy in Rachel Reeves's rite of passage speech

Scrapping non-dom tax status 'an utter humiliation' for government, Labour claims

Rachel Reeves winning sizeable minority of former Tory backers, Voters Panel reveals

Labour will inherit 'worst economic situation since Second World War', shadow chancellor warns

Rachel Reeves accepted donation from peer with links to climate sceptic group

Pro-Palestinian protesters 'crossed line' with demos at MPs' homes and offices

Labour's Rachel Reeves denies copying 'entire paragraphs' in new book after plagiarism accusations

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Labour announces plans to 'rebuild Britain' with review of every major infrastructure project

Rachel Reeves pledges overhaul of UK's 'antiquated' planning system

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