The chancellor has hinted the government would support a third runway at Heathrow Airport, saying "sustainable aviation and economic growth go hand in hand".Rachel Reeves told the BBC she ...

Getty ImagesGovernment borrowing rose more than expected in December to hit its highest level for the month for four years, piling more pressure on the UK's finances.Borrowing - the ...

BBCRachel Reeves has said she will not let critics "get me down" following a bumpy few days for the UK economy.The chancellor was speaking to the BBC's Political Thinking ...

Getty ImagesUK inflation unexpectedly dipped in December for the first time in three months as hotel prices fell and tobacco costs eased.Prices rose 2.5% in the year to December, ...

A stuttering economy, spiralling government borrowing costs, plummeting approval ratings: little wonder perhaps senior ministers, not least the chancellor, aren't wasting many smiles these days.Remember too Sir Keir Starmer ...

Getty ImagesIt has not been a good week for Chancellor Rachel Reeves. Government borrowing costs have hit their highest level in 16 years and the pound has fallen to ...

Making working people in Britain better off will be at the "forefront" of the chancellor's mind during her visit to China, the Treasury has said, following criticism of the ...

PA MediaIt is "absolutely right" that Chancellor Rachel Reeves' trip to China go ahead as planned, a cabinet colleague has said.Opposition parties had called for Reeves to cancel the ...

Closer relations between the UK and the European Union (EU) will boost economic growth, Chancellor Rachel Reeves will tell finance leaders on Monday.In the first address by a British ...

The chancellor has said she will not need to raise taxes to "top up" public spending, after facing pressure to spell out her future tax plans.Rachel Reeves made headlines ...

Getty ImagesChancellor Rachel Reeves has told businesses she is "not coming back with more borrowing or more taxes" as she defended the tax rises on businesses announced in the ...

ReutersPolitics is often reduced to a story of who's up and who's down.I am, personally, sceptical of the idea of politics being a horse race - I've read too ...