Over in the UK, the new Covid corruption commissioner has launched his first investigation into PPE fraud. Chancellor Rachel Reeves appointed Tom Hayhoe to recoup billions in fraudulent contracts. UK ...

He said he will engage with the Treasury and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) over the coming months and “seek important amendments”, telling the Commons: “If today was the ...

Savours, the Labour MP for Penrith and Solway, said he would rebel against Rachel Reeves’ Budget measure to extend ...

Rachel Reeves’s Budget is likely to keep inflation and interest rates higher for longer as debt-fuelled growth pushes up ...

The government has announced South Western Railway’s services will be the first to transfer into public ownership next year, ...

The global economics body also increased its GDP forecast for next year on the back of higher public spending from the Budget.

British Chancellor Rachel Reeves will need to raise taxes further to get the public finances on a sustainable footing, the OECD said as it upgraded its growth forecasts for the UK.

Rachel Reeves has refused to repeat her promise not to have to put up taxes or borrowing again in future Budgets. The ...

Much can be done to harness this multitrillion-pound industry to drive investment – but we must also save more ...

Britain is conducting a live experiment in what happens when a government tinkers with the tax perks of the mighty. In late ...

Concerns are growing Labour could be planning a new tax raid after Rachel Reeves refused to commit to her recent pledge to ...