Getty ImagesRachel Reeves will claim the Tories masked the true state of UK public finances then "ran away"The chancellor is set to announce immediate cuts worth billions of pounds, ...

Shadow chancellor Jeremy Hunt has accused his successor of laying the ground to “break her word” about a pre-election pledge on raising taxes. Speaking in the Commons, he said ...

PA MediaChancellor Rachel Reeves has defended her decision to scrap winter fuel payments for around 10 million pensioners.She told the BBC she had found a "black hole" in the ...

ReutersThe chancellor and shadow chancellor gave interviews on Tuesday morning, the day after Rachel Reeves blamed the previous Conservative government for leaving a £22bn shortfall in the public finances. ...

Two years ago the "bean counters" at the UK's top economic institutions were just about to come directly into the line of fire.Liz Truss’ Conservatives were plotting a full ...

Rachel Reeves will give a statement to Parliament on Monday promising “honesty” about the scale of the financial challenge faced by the new Labour government.The audit of public spending ...

9 hours agoBy Paul Seddon, Political reporterWe can't promise to lift two-child benefit cap, says ReevesThe chancellor has said she will not make an "unfunded" pledge to lift the two-child benefit ...

BBCRachel Reeves' favourite chess move is the Sicilian Defence.It's an opening move designed to open up the board for later in the game - and one the chancellor used ...

Rachel Reeves has issued a damning assessment of the state of the UK’s finances.The new chancellor of the exchequer said she was inheriting a depleted economy from the Conservatives ...