No one in their right mind has ever taken David Lammy seriously and as for Angela Rayner, she seems determined to drag us all down to the same levels of poverty she never forgets to remind us she came ...

Rachel Reeves inadvertently breached rules on declaring freebies, watchdog finds. From news to politics, travel to sport, culture to climate – The Independent has a hos ...

The ghost at the feast haunting Rachel Reeves’s bombshell speech to the City - COMMENT : Whisper it: What about wealth tax, chancellor, asks Andrew Grice ...

The glaring but little acknowledged truth is that over the past five years or so, Labour has been subject to the kind of takeover that would make all but the most barbarian of corporate raiders blush.

A s the British economy struggles with minimal growth and stubborn inflation, Rachel Reeves wants Brits to change the way they save money. The Chancellor thinks too many people are content storing ...

Speaking during Prime Minister’s Questions this afternoon, Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch challenged the Prime Minister.

The chancellor apologised for the error involving the declaration of theatre tickets for an adaptation of the classic children’s novel Ballet Shoes ...

Sir Keir Starmer has refused to rule out taxing pension contributions, sparking concerns that the Labour Government could be preparing to target retirement savings in the upcoming Autumn Budget.

Borrowing may be more expensive in the wake of higher inflation, it has been warned, as UK households continue to grapple ...

Beaming from ear to ear, the Chancellor stood up at Mansion House last night and delivered an address of spectacular and inventive fiction.