UK Chancellor favours proposals by the financial regulator for banks to take more risks to boost home ownership ...

The Chancellor could announce plans to build a third runway at Heathrow Airport, a second at Gatwick and double the capacity ...

Rachel Reeves has found brief respite this morning, with the Office for National Statistics confirming that inflation dipped ...

The rate of UK unemployment rose to 4.4% in the three months to November from 4.3% in the three months to October, the Office for National Statistics said, in a fresh blow to Rachel Reeves.

The number of people in jobs slumped in December amid fears over Rachel Reeves’s record tax-raising Budget, according to ...

For Reeves, struggling to throw off criticism from foreign investors, opposition parties and even some private sniping from ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she wanted to ‘tackle the barriers to investment’ ahead of the latest monthly GDP figures and a ...

The cost of Government borrowing eased on Wednesday morning in a tentative sign of relief among traders after more heightened ...

It follows two months of falling output in September and October that raised fears of a “technical recession ” over the ...

Falling inflation and borrowing costs are good news for the Chancellor but the Budget watchdog will not make a call on market ...

The inflation figures come amid a sell-off in the gilt market, which has raised doubts about the government's fiscal plans.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves speaks to the media as it is revealed the UK economy sees weaker-than-expected growth in November.