A major speech Wednesday promises a host of pro-growth policies to turn the UK economy around. But the hurdles in the chancellor’s way are huge.
Rachel Reeves reached far and wide as she sought to revive the UK’s flagging economy with wind turbines, roads, airports, railways, trade deals, and proposed reforms to pensions, planning and the welfare system.
That left Rachel Reeves, Britain’s chancellor, with an uphill task when she arrived at the Swiss alpine town to court investors at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. She met a raft of Wall Street bosses,
In a major speech in Oxford yesterday, the Chancellor said she was prepared to 'fight' with opponents who stand in the way of her reforms.
UK Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has given government support for a 3rd runway in Heathrow (as rumoured). Last estimates on cost were from 2014 and put it at £14b. It take up to 10-years to complete.Heathrow has estimated it would be able to boost capacity
LONDON (AP) — UK Treasury chief backs construction of a contentious plan for a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport. It's no secret that people are packing up their belongings and moving across the country in the interest of affordability. This is especially true for the middle class, who can afford to move and...
Starmer’s Government is re-making the age-old mistakes in China diplomacy all over again. Those who frame the debate as a choice between whether or not to engage Beijing are proposing a false dichotomy. It is not about whether to talk or trade with China, but how? On whose terms, with what criteria, on what conditions and with what objectives?
HSBC Chairman Mark Tucker leaned into the microphone at a vast conference table in Beijing, telling British business leaders and senior Chinese officials that he spoke for all UK businesses present in hoping for stronger economic ties.
HSBC Chairman Mark Tucker leaned into the microphone at a vast conference table in Beijing, telling British business leaders and senior Chinese officials that he spoke for all UK businesses present in hoping for stronger economic ties.
"Reeves pledges to create 'Europe's Silicon Valley'", reads the Guardian headline, referring to Chancellor Rachel Reeves "push for growth", which features on many of Wednesday's front pages. The paper says she will reveal plans to create a tech hub between Oxford and Cambridge,
Hundreds of millions of people in Asia and around the world are celebrating the Lunar New Year. In China, travel is expected to reach record highs. This New Year ushers in the Year of the Snake, as people bid farewell to the Year of the Dragon.
Donald Trump’s administration has introduced a "sprawling, government-wide spending freeze”, sparking “widespread confusion and frustration”