Chancellor vows to go further and faster to kickstart economic …
1 day ago · Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves spoke at Siemens Healthineers in Oxfordshire on 29 January 2025. ... The sky high inflation and interest rates of the past few years have left a deep mark
Rachel Reeves: Why is she suddenly in a rush, asks Laura …
5 days ago · Rachel Reeves is suddenly in a rush. ... In government, there's a belief that better news on wage growth and a tolerable level of inflation has been under-acknowledged. Tomorrow in our studio, and ...
Inflation DROPS to 2.5% in win for Rachel Reeves amid market …
Jan 15, 2025 · Inflation in the UK has falling slightly in a win for consumers, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The consumer price index (CPI) rate for the 12 months to December 2024 dropped to 2.5 per cent, down from 2.6 per cent the month before.
U.K. Government Backs Heathrow Expansion in Push for Faster …
2 days ago · Rachel Reeves’s first few months as Britain’s top finance official have been marked by a steady drumbeat of bad news: a “black hole” in the public finances, higher taxes and low growth. On ...
Good news for chancellor Rachel Reeves on inflation but it may …
Jan 15, 2025 · A fall in December's CPI inflation of 0.1 percentage points to 2.5% is marginal, but by being below expectations it delivered an above-expectations boost to Rachel Reeves. The chancellor has been under intense scrutiny for the last week as UK borrowing costs have risen (in line with US and European peers) and the value of the pound has fallen.
Is Rachel Reeves playing fast and loose with inflation?
Dec 18, 2024 · Rachel Reeves has repeatedly told us that Labour will not play "fast and loose" with the public finances but is the government playing fast and loose with inflation?
UK inflation fall boosts hopes of interest rate cut - BBC News
Jan 15, 2025 · UK borrowing costs, which have been rising in recent weeks, fell and the pound rose easing pressure on Chancellor Rachel Reeves whose Budget policies have been criticised for contributing to the...
Why Rachel Reeves’s inflation reprieve may not tame prices
Jan 15, 2025 · Rachel Reeves will be breathing a sigh of relief after official figures showed a slight drop in inflation at the end of last year. Inflation, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), rose...
Reeves hints at above-inflation public sector pay rise - BBC
Jul 21, 2024 · The chancellor has hinted that she may give public sector workers above-inflation pay rises this summer. Rachel Reeves' comments come after it is understood independent pay review bodies ...
Blow For Rachel Reeves And Keir Starmer As Inflation Reaches …
Dec 18, 2024 · The news will come as a blow to chancellor Rachel Reeves – who unveiled a dramatic, tax-raising Budget in October – and PM Keir Starmer, because it means the rise in prices is shooting beyond...