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4 weeks ago | 
theconversation.com | Shampa Roy-Mukherjee |Jamie Gaskarth |Linda Yueh |Nicky Shaw |Simon Williams |Steve Schifferes | +1 more
Not even six months on from Labour’s first budget, and the world is a much-changed place. Geopolitical tensions and uncertainties, already high last year, have risen further, and with them the cost of the UK’s debt, while economic growth has stalled. As such, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confronted an array of unpalatable choices – notably cutting disability benefits – to enable her to increase defence spending and stabilise the public finances.
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4 weeks ago | 
theconversation.com | Shampa Roy-Mukherjee |Jamie Gaskarth |Linda Yueh |Nicky Shaw |Simon Williams |Steve Schifferes | +1 more
Not even six months on from Labour’s first budget, and the world is a much-changed place. Geopolitical tensions and uncertainties, already high last year, have risen further, and with them the cost of the UK’s debt, while economic growth has stalled. As such, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confronted an array of unpalatable choices – notably cutting disability benefits – to enable her to increase defence spending and stabilise the public finances.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Linda Yueh |Karen Bloor |Phil Tomlinson |Rachel Scarfe |Shampa Roy-Mukherjee
For the first time in 14 years, it was a Labour chancellor who delivered the UK budget. And for the first time ever, that chancellor was a woman. But Rachel Reeves faces an almighty task: plugging a £40 billion spending gap in the knowledge that pre-election promises not to raise the main taxes are still fresh in people’s memories. Growth was the buzzword of the election campaign – Reeves now had to lay her cards on the table.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
financialaccountant.co.uk | Shampa Roy-Mukherjee
The new Labour government has fully laid out its plans for the UK in its first king’s speech to parliament. There were 40 new bills in the speech, aimed at setting a clear agenda focused on growing the economy and improving living standards for working people. And yet there were several pressing issues that went unaddressed.
The government says its aims are to stimulate economic growth, enhance workers’ rights and promote environmental sustainability.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
tolerance.ca | Shampa Roy-Mukherjee
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Shampa Roy-Mukherjee
The new Labour government has fully laid out its plans for the UK in its first king’s speech to parliament. There were 40 new bills in the speech, aimed at setting a clear agenda focused on growing the economy and improving living standards for working people. And yet there were several pressing issues that went unaddressed. The government says its aims are to stimulate economic growth, enhance workers’ rights and promote environmental sustainability.
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Jul 6, 2024 | 
shethepeople.tv | Shampa Roy-Mukherjee
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Jul 5, 2024 | 
tolerance.ca | Shampa Roy-Mukherjee
Rachel Reeves has made history by becoming the UK’s first female chancellor of the exchequer, bringing with her a significant promise for change in economic and financial policy-making at the highest level. The post of chancellor has existed for the past 800 years and, notably, has always been held by a man. Until now. Other key roles in economic policy-making that have yet to be filled by a woman include the governor of the Bank of England and the first permanent secretary to the Treasury.
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Jul 5, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Shampa Roy-Mukherjee
Rachel Reeves has made history by becoming the UK’s first female chancellor of the exchequer, bringing with her a significant promise for change in economic and financial policy-making at the highest level. The post of chancellor has existed for the past 800 years and, notably, has always been held by a man. Until now. Other key roles in economic policy-making that have yet to be filled by a woman include the governor of the Bank of England and the first permanent secretary to the Treasury.
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
tolerance.ca | Shampa Roy-Mukherjee
Both the Conservatives and Labour have made the same pre-election promise not to increase taxes on working people. They’ve also made many other promises to improve the NHS, crack down on illegal immigration, build more houses and many other things. So how do they think they can do these things without raising taxes? The short answer is that they are gambling on being able to grow the economy so they have more money to pay for new things. But that’s easier said than done.
