Under the OBR’s October forecast, Reeves was on track to meet the target by a margin of only £9.9bn, or 0.3 per cent of GDP.

Well, the government said they were prepared to be unpopular, but is coverage like today’s really what they meant?

Britain is now braced for spending cuts in the spring and potential tax rises in the autumn. The fatal combination of ...

RACHEL Reeves should work closer with business to fund infrastructure projects rather than stretch public finances, a ...

Think tank says GDP growth is likely to be 0.2 percentage points lower in the first year of tariffs if implemented by the US ...

Rachel Reeves is on track to break her fiscal rules after an economic downturn in the wake of Labour’s record tax-raising ...

With weak growth forecast, the Chancellor is walking a tightrope to avoid tax rises and spending cuts ...

The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has revealed that Reeves’s £9.9 billion fiscal headroom has ...

The National Institute of Economy & Social Research now believes the UK will grow at twice the speed expected by the Bank of ...

In Reeves’ Mais Lecture, delivered in March 2024, the word “growth” appears 58 times. “The central challenge is our growth ...

Just when we thought all that lockdown madness was finally in our rear-view mirror, up pops Rachel Reeves not only to remind ...

Reports of a downgraded OBR forecast come ahead of the publication of the latest GDP growth figures on Thursday, which cover ...