Rachel Reeves, the British chancellor of the exchequer, made headlines last week when images of her crying in the UK parliament while seated behind Keir Starmer were beamed around the world. Friends ...

Shona Robison has urged the Chancellor to raise taxes on high earners, as Rachel Reeves scrambles to plug a £5 billion hole in her spending plans following the UK Government’s shock welfare U-turn.

Whether the chancellor’s emotional reaction at PMQs was personal or political, it underlines a perception of chaos in the ...

The Tories will look to lay amendments to the legislation – set to be renamed the Universal Credit Bill – and party leader Mrs Badenoch is due to deliver a speech on welfare on Thursday. Among the ...

Rachel Reeves must U-turn on her manifesto pledge not to raise taxes for working people or Sir Keir Starmer’s government will ...

Piers Pottinger has launched a blistering attack on Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Government, branding the Prime Minister ...

Whatever the reason for the tears from the Chancellor Rachel Reeves in parliament, they successfully diverted the news agenda ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is facing calls from within his own party to scrap the two-child benefit cap. The cap means ...

It's been a tricky week for the UK government, and a turbulent week for financial markets as a result. Chancellor Rachel Reeves' much-touted welfare reform bill faced a huge rebellion from backbench ...

Rachel Reeves has refused to rule out fresh tax rises after admitting the government’s U-turn on its flagship welfare reforms ...