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Reeves to train 60,000 construction workers – Daily Business

1 month ago | dailybusinessgroup.co.uk | Terry Murden |Rachel Reeves

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is investing £600 million to train 60,000 additional skilled construction workers. She says they will be hired to help build 1.5m homes by the end of this parliament. According to the Office for National Statistics there are more than 35,000 job vacancies and employers report that over half of vacancies cannot be filled because of a lack of required skills. This is the highest rate of any sector.
Reeves defiant as hopes of interest rate cuts fade – Daily Business

Jan 11, 2025 | dailybusinessgroup.co.uk | Terry Murden |Rachel Reeves |Lan Fo'an

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been forced to defend her trip to China as she came under pressure to deal with the turmoil on the financial markets. Her arrival in Beijing coincided with another fall in the pound against the dollar as the cost of government borrowing hit a 27-year high. Investors have become nervous about the UK’s finances and sent bond yields soaring. The 30-year gilt yield hit 5.25% — its highest point since the 2008 financial crisis.
Labour are No Different to the Tories

Dec 4, 2024 | hastingsindependentpress.co.uk | Angela Rayner |Keir Starmer |Maya Evans |Rachel Reeves

MAYA EVANS, formerly a Labour and then independent member of Hastings Borough Council, assesses Keir Starmer’s first 100 days in power and castigates the Labour government for taking freebies, voting to keep child poverty and letting pensioners freezeLabour’s first 100 days in office has been dubbed ‘worst start in living memory’, with six out of ten Britons disapproving of the government’s record.
Reeves to defend free trade, SSE dividend in focus

Nov 10, 2024 | dailybusinessgroup.co.uk | Terry Murden |Rachel Reeves

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will use a keynote speech this week to promote free and open trade between nations as a cornerstone of UK economic policy, putting the Labour government on direct collision course with president-elect Donald Trump. Ms Reeves will use her first speech at the Mansion House will unveil her plan to “go for growth” and promote free trade amid threats by new US president Donald Trump to introduce import tariffs.
I have to make tough decisions on tax in my Budget but it will be worth it because I have your backs

Oct 26, 2024 | thesun.co.uk | Rachel Reeves

In three days’ time I am determined to kickstart Britain's economy in the first Budget of this new Labour Government. It will be a Budget to fix the foundations of our economy and deliver on the promise of change that we made to Sun on Sunday readers three months ago. The Tories left our public finances in a state and left you, your family and our country worse off. I am determined to fix this. I have had to make tough decisions in this Budget. Not everything is going to be easy.
Starmer tells Brits there will be 'pain before gain' – Daily Business

Sep 23, 2024 | dailybusinessgroup.co.uk | Terry Murden |Rachel Reeves

After Rachel Reeves’ uplifting message to the Labour conference, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will bring the country’s expectations back down to earth with a reminder that there will be ‘pain before gain’. The Labour leader will set out his government’s plans to “build a new Britain”, saying that the tough decisions he is taking for the short term are the first step on the journey of “national renewal”.
I totally rejected Jeremy Corbyn's fantasy manifesto - now the Tories are doing the same

Jun 8, 2024 | thesun.co.uk | Rachel Reeves

When Sun readers go to the polls in a few weeks’ time they will be asking themselves a few very simple questions: who do they trust to lead our country? We have the brightest scientists working out of the best universities, and our creative industries mean millions of people across the world watch and listen to the films and music made right here in Britain. And yet that economic potential is being held back.
Waspi anger as Reeves says no to compensation – Daily Business

Jun 5, 2024 | dailybusinessgroup.co.uk | Terry Murden |Rachel Reeves

Women’s state pensions campaigners have reacted angrily to Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ dismissal of their claim for compensation. The Women Against State Pensions Inequality (Waspi) group has written to Ms Reeves demanding an explanation after she told Daily Business she had not made any provision for payments.
'No one is going to give a box of matches back to the arsonists who burnt the house down': Shadow Chancellor RACHEL REEVES says Britain can trust Labour and vows to 'never play fast and loose with your money' in an impassioned plea to Mail readers | Daily

May 24, 2024 | dailymail.co.uk | Rachel Reeves

Daily Mail readers value economic stability, secure borders and strong public services. And they want politicians who are in the service of their country, not their party. Those are my values – they are Keir Starmer's values – and that is why at the start of this General Election campaign, I feel I can say to Mail readers that your natural home is now the Labour Party. I know that is not what you would expect to hear from a Labour politician.
Sun readers should ignore the graphs and check their bank balances

May 21, 2024 | the-sun.com | Rachel Reeves

LAST year I met a young mum and dad in Worthing. Together they were holding down five jobs and juggling childcare. They work hard, but were struggling to make ends meet. One thing about that chat will always stay with me. “You just wonder if you’re doing something wrong,” the woman told me. I think of them today as inflation falls because while the line on the graph might be coming down the prices in the shops are still SKY HIGH.