Recap as Rachel Reeves delivers a major speech designed to boost growth in the UK economy with Chancellor expected to back ...

The most explosive lines from the speech, heavily briefed beforehand, took aim at parts of the Tories’ recent 14-year legacy under various leaders: leaving the EU without a plan for growth (Theresa ...

A committed Brexiteer she voted for both Johnson and Theresa May's Brexit withdrawal agreement after becoming an MP in 2017. She served as international trade secretary under Truss, responsible ...

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Sir Keir Starmer has said he is committed to only having one budget this year as he quashed suggestions of an emergency financial statement. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch asked the prime ...

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Starmer won’t rule out further tax rises this year Sir Keir Starmer has insisted he does want to block compensation payments to Gerry Adams after criticism of his decision to scrap Tory ...

Keir Starmer has accused the Tories of being "economic vandals and fantasists" as he refused to rule out tax rises during PMQs. Sir Keir said the global economy is experiencing "volatility" which is ...

Sir Keir Starmer has insisted Rachel Reeves will be Chancellor for “many years to come”. Sir Keir Starmer has insisted Rachel Reeves will be Chancellor for “many years to come” as Kemi ...

Keir Starmer humiliated Liz Truss and the Tories as he went head-to-head with Kemi Badenoch during a lively PMQs battle about the economy. In an animated exchange in the Commons, the Prime ...

Prime minister’s questions: a shouty, jeery, very occasionally useful advert for British politics. Here’s what you need to know from the latest session in POLITICO’s weekly run-through. What they ...