Building has slowed in cities, where it is needed most. In London it has almost ground to a halt. In the second quarter of ...

To Daily Telegraph readers staring down the barrel of a Budget they fear will target their savings and pensions with yet more tax, my next sentence might take some swallowing. You – and anyone who ...

COMMENT: The chancellor, faced with a flatlining economy, is trapped in an impossible dilemma – come the Budget she’ll have to break her election promises or break her fiscal rules, warns ...

Rachel Reeves has just been handed some more bad news about the state of the economy – just weeks before she will deliver her ...

Rachel Reeves attends a meeting of Cabinet ministers inside 10 Downing Street, Sep 9 - TOBY MELVILLE/AFP The most damaging political and economic announcement Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves made ...

Gilt yields are on the rise once again, causing a fresh headache for Labour’s embattled chancellor of the exchequer, Rachel Reeves. Yields on 10-year UK government gilts rose above 4.8% this morning ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves hosted US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent and top dogs from most of the world’s biggest finance ...

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The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Jason Riley and Dan Henninger A week ago we told you about France’s fiscal woes, and this week it’s Britain’s turn in the bond-market headlights. Prime ...

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In politics, the first rule of holes, according to former Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey, is to stop digging. His modern-day successor, Rachel Reeves, has bought into this bit of ...