Critically for Labour, it would allow taxes to be raised without the national government being directly responsible. It would be local councils — often Conservative — who’d be responsible for ...

Rachel Reeves reached far and wide as she sought to revive the UK’s flagging economy with wind turbines, roads, airports, ...

For years the biggest enemy in the economic life of the UK was short-termism — a term hurled around like a rude word, often ...

Bloomberg's Caroline Hepker, Stephen Carroll, Yuan Potts and Lizzy Burden have your daily guide to British politics. We'll tell you what's happening and explain why it matters.

U.S equity future edged higher in early Wednesday trading, while the dollar extended gains and Treasury yields dipped, as ...

UK money manager Nick Train said he was “running out of ways to say sorry” for the continued underperformance of Finsbury ...

Rachel Reeves will pledge to go “further and faster” to boost the UK economy by unblocking new infrastructure projects, as ...

Rachel Reeves’s National Wealth Fund has invested £28.6m into reviving a historic Cornish tin mine as ministers race to hit ...

Sir Keir Starmer has claimed Britain's economy is "starting to turn around" - in the face of growing fears that the UK is ...

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves met business leaders in central London this morning as they try to restore shattered ...

Cabinet ministers face economic growth test for new policies - Sir Keir Starmer said economic growth must be hard-wired into ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK economy is starting to turn around as he sought to reset his government’s relationship with business after a torrid first six months in power for Labour.Most ...