UK inflation rate dropped to 2.8% for the year to February, giving a boost to chancellor Reeves. That is all from us today on the spring statement but be sure to check our coverage and analysis ...

Rachel Reeves has pushed back at suggestions ministers ... for younger pupils means tested instead of universal, as is the case for older children. Currently, all children in reception, year ...

Reeves may not have ended the afternoon with a photo op clutching her red box outside No. 11, but we have seen some significant fiscal policy changes. In October, Rachel ... in the case of the ...

In the case of Scotland ... chancellor's traditional Red Box moment - of Budget fame - as the government insists this isn't major economic event. We haven't caught sight of Rachel Reeves yet ...

But as Rachel Reeves declared today ... for 2025 from 2 per cent in the autumn to 1 per cent. Reeves admitted her headroom had been wiped out, leaving the chancellor £4.1 billion in the red. She went ...

Rachel Reeves’ Spring ... things could get even worse. Reeves will keep her statement to MPs short and to the point, but it will be written in red ink. She is expected to reveal that sluggish ...

Lord Peter Mandelson, the UK’s ambassador in Washington, and British negotiators are still pushing for a broader economic deal, including closer co-operation on tech, AI and space, but the expectation ...

Rachel Reeves addressed a packed House of Commons ... In Whitehall, disability campaigners protested the move, holding placards with the message "welfare not warfare", in reference to the ...

Reeves will tell us today that 'the world has changed' - in which case, she should rethink her entire approach to economic policy ...

"Definitely not a Budget" is the basic message emerging from the Treasury about the chancellor's upcoming economic statement.

particularly to help small businesses that have been tied up in red tape since the botched Brexit deal the previous government did.” Rachel Reeves was asked about Deputy Prime Minister Angela ...