Bailey wants to cut rates but markets have other ideas
LONDON: Bank of England (BoE) interest rate cuts are not feeding through to borrowing costs for households and the government ...
Opinion
Why liberating UK economy from remaining EU rules is Rachel Reeves' only hope
The latest ploy is to say that because of the likelihood of President Donald Trump introducing tariffs on EU goods, we should move closer to the EU as an act of solidarity. Well solidarity won’t ...
Huge blow to Rachel Reeves as businesses slash jobs ahead of fresh tax hikes
January had the fewest job vacancies since August 2020, during the pandemic, according to shocking new research.
Rachel Reeves to meet bank bosses as growth agenda stalls
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to meet top bank bosses this week, in the latest attempt to kickstart her growth agenda. The ...
Taxpayers to foot another £2bn pensions boost for civil servants
Retired civil servants, teachers, soldiers and NHS staff are amongst those who will receive a 1.7pc boost to their pensions ...
Rachel Reeves is having no more joy from the OBR and the Bank than Liz Truss did
We will all be paying even higher taxes very soon. There will not be many jobs, and we may not even be able to switch on the ...
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Reeves calls for economic growth talks with bank chiefs, after 'Stagflation' warning
The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has called a meeting with some of Britain's biggest bank chiefs to discuss economic growth.
The Bank of England isn’t coming to save Rachel Reeves – no one is
Will the Bank of England save the day? It’s an odd question, recent history considered. Threadneedle Street has been playing a long game of catch-up: hiking rates far too late to curb the inflation ...
ANDREW NEIL: The dire prognosis that's sparked Labour panic. Reeves and Starmer have condemned us to stagnation - no wonder they fear Farage's Reform
The Bank of England had some rare good news for Chancellor Rachel Reeves on Thursday when it cut interest rates.
Back to the 70s nightmare: Labour's Britain faces a new era of rising inflation, flatlining growth and stagflation, the Bank of England warns
A hundred days on from the Budget, the Bank slashed its prediction for UK growth this year by half, to just 0.75 per cent, ...
Bank of England’s top economist dismisses hopes of big interest rates cuts in further blow to Rachel Reeves
Rachel Reeves has suffered another blow in her bid to boost tepid economic growth after the Bank of England played down the idea of a big interest rate cut later this year. At such a critical moment ...
FTSE falls and Wall Street heads lower as US job creation slows in January
US stocks traded lower after fresh data showed the economy added 143,000 jobs in January, fewer than the 175,000 expected by ...