Rachel Reeves sets apart Labour’s fiscal approach from the Tories’ and signals more borrowing
Good morning from Liverpool. Rachel Reeves delivered her speech yesterday, grinning like someone who had been shown internal polling showing that the government had overdone its “it’s midnight in the United Kingdom” positioning. More importantly, she has opened the possibility of tweaking her fiscal rules so they do not constrain capital spending.
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No more 'treasury brain': Rachel Reeves signals new economic era in conference speech
But, the current fiscal rules aren't fit for purpose and have resulted in ‘Treasury brain’: a way of thinking that commits to propping up the private sector and reducing public debt through arbitrary fiscal rules (which have changed six times in the past ten years).
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has told LBC that people may find the acceptance of donations "a little bit odd" - as she admitted ...
As Rachel Reeves prepares to deliver her first budget on October 30, several key predictions have emerged regarding how she ...
In her first major speech since becoming the UK's first female finance minister, Rachel Reeves has made it clear that Britain ...
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Rachel Reeves promised there would be no more austerity as she sought to strike a more hopeful note ahead of the Budget - but ...
The Chancellor was also seeking to lift economic hopes in her speech to Labour’s conference after warning of tough choices ...
British finance minister Rachel Reeves voiced concerns about the impact of working from home on productivity, contrasting ...
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