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Housebuilding plans forecast to boost economy by £6.8bn BBC Reeves accused of balancing books on back of UK’s poorest The Guardian Anxiety over welfare cuts rises among Labour MPs BBC Rachel Reeves squeezes benefits as

By LIVE COMMENTARY Updated: 14:30 EDT, 26 March 2025 Inflation eased by slightly more than expected in February, falling to 2.8 per cent from 3 per cent the previous month, according to

Rachel Reeves vows to crack down on tax avoidance in spring statement Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is

Reform UK MP Richard Tice has launched a scathing attack on Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s Spring Statement, describing the Office for Budget Responsibility’s economic forecasts as “delusional”. Speaking on GB News shortly after

In accompanying documents, the OBR said Labour’s bid to shake up the planning system — in moves meant to unleash building and infrastructure projects — would deliver “a modest boost to the

The Office for Budget Responsibility has halved the UK growth forecast for 2025 from 2% to 1%, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said. However, the fiscal watchdog said that while growth has been

Finance minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson Besides Zambia, Chad, and Ethiopia, which have already defaulted on their debt, Ghana is the latest country to face this predicament. Speaking at the 5th edition

(Bloomberg) — Supply Lines is a daily newsletter that tracks global trade. Sign up here. Most Read from Bloomberg China is running a trade surplus that the world economy can’t “live with,”

Britain’s main measure of wage growth may need to be revised after a large employer failed to supply earnings data on time, the country’s troubled statistics agency has warned. In the latest