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Starmer, Rayner and Reeves release tax returns for first time since election

1 week ago | standard.co.uk | Rachel Reeves |Keir Starmer |David Lynch

Rachel Reeves, Sir Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner (Peter Byrne/PA)PA ArchiveGet our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysisI would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Sir Keir Starmer, Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves have all published their tax returns for the first time since Labour took power.
Heathrow expansion: As the chancellor grapples with growth, she has another tight budget to consider

2 months ago | qradio.com | Rachel Reeves

While she may not have all the cash she'd like to deliver her airport expansion plans, the real constraint is carbon. And Britain's carbon budget has, to use the fiscal parlance of the Treasury, very little headroom at all. This isn't an academic point. Under the Climate Change Act, successive governments have a legal responsibility to meet successive five-year carbon budgets.
Rachel Reeves to soften non-dom tax crackdown after 'listening to concerns'

Jan 23, 2025 | qradio.com | Rachel Reeves

The chancellor said she would be tabling an amendment to the plans after "listening to the concerns" of non-domiciled residents. Politics Live: Ed Miliband won't resign over Heathrow decisionThe announcement was welcomed by tax advisers - but one expert told Sky News that the government should go further and make it easier for wealthy people to move to the UK, especially in light of the Trump presidency.
Chancellor urges regulators to 'tear down barriers' – Daily Business

Jan 16, 2025 | dailybusinessgroup.co.uk | Terry Murden |Rachel Reeves

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has urged regulators to tear down barriers that hold back economic growth. At a meeting also attended by Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds, the chief executives at watchdogs for the railways, water, energy and aviation sectors were told that economic growth is the top priority for the government.
Chancellor on course to tighten Whitehall budgets further due to worsening economic outlook

Jan 7, 2025 | qradio.com | Rachel Reeves

This will pit the chancellor against some ministers who already claim she is sacrificing the manifesto promises they are expected to deliver - which will no longer be possible on tight budgets - so that she can fulfil her promises. The chancellor committed in the budget to pay for day to day government spending through taxation rather than borrowing, something that has not been achieved for decades.
Jeremy Hunt is fighting for his place in history

Dec 8, 2024 | gulftoday.ae | Rachel Reeves

Jeremy Hunt came to talk to students at King’s College London this week. “I want to set you a challenge,” he told them. “The narrative that is prevailing about the British economy is totally mistaken. It is that politicians failed to make tough decisions; that Britain is trapped in a cycle of low growth; and that we are worse than comparable countries.
Reform for growth key message in chancellor’s Mansion House speech

Nov 15, 2024 | ftadviser.com | Rachel Reeves

Reform to pensions, the redress system and the advice-guidance boundary were all mentioned by chancellor Rachel Reeves in her maiden Mansion House speech. The word ‘reform’ appeared 19 times in Reeves’ speech given at a dinner at Mansion House last night (November 14). Firstly, she plans to reform the pension system by creating “megafunds” — a plan which had been formally announced earlier that day.
'It falls to Labour to rebuild Britain

Oct 30, 2024 | msn.com | Rachel Reeves

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'It falls to Labour to rebuild Britain

Oct 30, 2024 | msn.com | Rachel Reeves

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'It falls to Labour to rebuild Britain - so we've asked those who have more to pay more'

Oct 30, 2024 | mirror.co.uk | Rachel Reeves

Today, Mirror readers will be reading about the change we are delivering. More teachers in our schools. More appointments in our NHS. More homes being built. The investment we need to rebuild our country. It was our promise to protect working people, and that's what we've done with a higher National Living Wage and payslips protected, with no increases to income tax, VAT or employee national insurance contributions. We will deliver an economy that is growing.