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BoE’s Andrew Bailey warns on UK productivity in challenge to Rachel Reeves
Bailey questioned the market’s focus on the OBR’s five-years-ahead forecast for the current budget, given the fiscal ...
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What is Rachel Reeves’s plan for growth?
The UK’s modern industrial strategy was published this week. How does chancellor Rachel Reeves hope it will grow the UK ...
Rayner refuses to repeat chancellor's pledge on tax hikes
The deputy PM was pressed on warnings from businesses that tax hikes look increasingly inevitable to fund the government's ...
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A response to government commitment to spend 5% of GDP on national security
A response to the government's announcement that it will commit to spending 5% of national income on national security in ...
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Scrap cash ISAs to 'resuscitate' UK stock market, Reeves urged
It comes after months of speculation that the Chancellor could scrap cash ISAs in a bid to get more UK investors in stocks ...
Reeves urged to unfreeze income tax or risk entrenched damage
Rachel Reeves has been given another stark warning of the implications of extending the freeze on income tax thresholds. The ...
Labour’s welfare U-turn spikes fears of tax hikes
The Labour government has confirmed its latest U-turn with a significant retreat on welfare reform dealing a crushing blow to Rachel Reeves’ waning fiscal headroom. The bill initially targeted ...
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The benefits U-turn raises deeper questions about the credibility of Labour's long-term plan
The Government is boxed in from this week's events - and lacks the Houdini skills to escape, says the BBC's Faisal Islam ...
'We need Northern Powerhouse Rail to become a reality and now is the time to make it happen'
Northern leaders have restated their ambition for investment in transport infrastructure in order to unlock economic growth.