Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves
Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer end the week in a better political position than they began it. Market movements have settled, the chatter about Reeves’ position has mostly ended, and the pair have shifted into fight-back mode.
The prime minister told an audience in east London that he is ‘completely confident’ in his team as pressure grows over the economy
Prime Minister refuses to guarantee Chancellor’s position, with his spokesman later forced to insist she will stay in post
Keir Starmer, whose new government is under pressure on the economic front has broken cover on the U.K.’s AI strategy.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he has “full confidence” in Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves and stressed that his government would stick to its fiscal rules in response to a surge in UK borrowing costs.
The PM claimed the Chancellor was doing a ‘fantastic job’ despite the controversy over her Budget and the Pound’s drop in value
Michael Saunders, a former member of the BoE's monetary policy committee which sets interest rates, said the latest inflation figure would be "some help" in trying to ease some of the worries over the UK economy - more on that in our next post.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Rachel Reeves will be Britain’s finance minister for “many years to come,” his strongest backing yet for his chancellor in the wake of market turmoil hitting UK assets that has put her position in the spotlight.
The shadow foreign secretary on Labour’s naivety over China, Trump’s greatest strength and why the UK desperately needs conservative values
EXCLUSIVE - Liz Truss has suggested Keir Starmer is refusing a fully funded independent inquiry into grooming gangs because of Labour politicians' own roles.
The Chancellor is accused of pushing up borrowing costs by enough to fund more than one and a half million hip replacements