Shares in Lloyds, Natwest and HSBC jump as Reeves appears to rule out Labour raid on lenders June 12, 2024 Shares in the UK's high street banks were among the biggest risers in a wider market rally on Wednesday.
April GDP figures show scale of the challenge if Starmer wins the election June 12, 2024 Philip Shaw, chief UK economist at Investec, said "April’s numbers represent a blip in the recovery story rather than the start of a new downturn".
Election 2024: Labour to rule out tax rises in ‘iron-clad’ manifesto pledge June 9, 2024 Labour’s manifesto will contain an “iron-clad commitment” to rule out increases to national insurance, income tax or VAT, Rachel Reeves has revealed.
Reeves being lobbied to hike capital gains tax by Labour party June 6, 2024 Rachel Reeves is facing pressure from members of her own shadow cabinet to raise capital gains tax in her first autumn budget should Labour be elected on July 4.
Will it work? Securonomics June 6, 2024 Rachel Reeves has promised growth, but not to increase borrowing or impose new taxes. Can securonomics work? Sam Fowles investigates.
Labour faces £33bn blackhole if it maintains state spending, research suggests June 4, 2024 Maintaining per person funding in unprotected departments would leave the next government facing a £33bn blackhole, research suggests.
Reeves and Hunt are being dishonest. Their plans mean taxes will have to go up June 4, 2024 Hunt and Reeves should engage in a grown-up debate about their economic plans rather than mislead the public about what will likely have to happen to taxes under their watch, Chris Dorrell writes
Labour hold record lead over Tories among UK businesses, pollsters find June 3, 2024 Labour have clocked up a record 17-point lead over the Conservatives among UK businesses ahead of the July 4 general election.
General Election 2024: Hunt accuses Starmer of ‘flip-flopping’ on VAT hike May 30, 2024 The Tories and Labour are embroiled in a row over VAT after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt accused Keir Starmer’s party of “flip-flopping” over tax policy.
Campaign cock-up of the week: Reeves’ backfiring business endorsements May 30, 2024 In this column, former No 10 advisor Giles Kenningham analyses the worst comms screw-ups of the election campaign. So what won week one?