Ms Reeves is speaking to Sky News about her historic budget. It was Labour's first since 2010, the first ever from a female chancellor, and the biggest tax-raising fiscal event in more than 30 years.

Labour's first budget since 2010 includes £40bn worth of tax rises and spending cuts across government - as well as promises to invest in infrastructure and support working people with higher wages.

A month before Labour won the election, Rachel Reeves said higher taxes were not what the UK needed - but on Wednesday she raised them by the highest amount since 1993.

The Scott Trust will retain "a small stake" in the world's oldest Sunday newspaper if its sale to Tortoise Media takes place, ...

Rachel Reeves has defended raising taxes by the highest amount since 1993 as she said "everything has to be paid for".

Rachel Reeves has admitted she was "wrong" to say higher taxes were not needed during the election campaign - as she warned businesses may have to make less money or pay staff less to cover a tax ...

The 66-year-old was working as a teacher in Essex and as a choirmaster in London during some of the time period when the offences took place.

Keir Starmer has defended the tax rises in the budget, as a leading economics think-tank criticised how the government ...

Rachel Reeves is delivering a historic budget - it's Labour's first since 2010, and the first ever from a female chancellor. Watch and follow live.

This was a budget of clear political choices, with a bumper rise in spending for the NHS, and the government will want to ...

By protecting the pay packets of working people and front-loading massive spending plans, funded by the wealthy and business, ...