Slower UK inflation relieves pressure on Rachel Reeves as financial markets calm
Slower UK inflation relieves pressure on Rachel Reeves as financial markets calm - The cost of Government borrowing eased on Wednesday morning in a tentative sign of relief among traders after more ...
Rachel Reeves to drive up supermarket sandwich prices
Supermarket sandwiches are to get more expensive in the wake of Rachel Reeves’s Budget after the UK’s biggest manufacturer ...
Opinion
Relief in the City: the new inflation rate means the BoE could cut rates as soon as next month
The City was braced for a 3 per cent inflation rise so 2.5 per cent comes as something of a relief. And with cuts floated for the next few months, might Chancellor Rachel Reeves finally be in for a ...
Rachel Reeves has a hidden £1.1bn tax increase which we will all pay
Labour’s election manifesto included a promise that the party would “not increase taxes on working people” but Rachel Reeves ...
Six taxes desperate Rachel Reeves could raise this year
After a record-breaking tax grab in October, Rachel Reeves is eyeing up the taxpayer once again. The Chancellor framed the ...
Inflation falls to 2.5% in boost for Reeves’s plans
In November, the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) came in at 2.6 per cent, where petrol, train travel, and live entertainment pushed up prices.
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Inflation rate dipped to 2.5% in December
The rate of inflation unexpectedly fell slightly to 2.5% in December in a surprise boost to embattled Rachel Reeves, official figures reveal today. That was a slight drop from 2.6% in November and ...
Reeves backs Heathrow expansion saying third runway is 'badly needed'
The chancellor says the airport is at "the heart of the UK's openness as a country" and a third runway could lead to 100,000 more jobs.