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Rachel Reeves

  • Bank of England could raise interest rates over Iran energy price shock

    Economics

    The Bank of England could raise interest rates this year if energy prices fail to return to levels seen before the start of America’s war with Iran, leading economists have warned.  Analysts across the City and at Westminster think tanks have suggested that higher inflation caused by disruption in oil and gas movements across the [...]

    Andrew Bailey and his colleagues at the Bank of England are expected to vote for an interest rate cut this Thursday.
  • Labour urged to give HENRYs a hand to boost investment

    Wealth

    The sheer tax cliff-edge facing workers earning £100,000 or more is harming the UK’s ambitions to foster greater retail investment, according to IG.  New research from the online investment platform found that HENRYs, an acronym which stands for High Earner, Not Rich Yet, are unable to invest as much as they would like due to [...]

    Money
  • The £100k tax cliff edge is punishing ambition

    Opinion

    The £100,000 income cliff edge has become one of the most punitive and distortionary features of the UK tax landscape, says Michael Healy The government has made clear that it wants to boost economic growth, strengthen UK capital markets, and encourage greater participation in investing. These are ambitions we strongly support. But one part of [...]

    Graph illustrating the impact of the £100k tax threshold on earnings, highlighting the financial cliff edge for high earners
  • Starmer refuses to reveal date of defence investment plan 

    March 4, 2026

    Sir Keir Starmer hit back at criticism the UK government was not spending enough on defence amid an escalating conflict in the Middle East putting RAF jets and British nationals at risk.  The Prime Minister declined to reveal when the much-anticipated defence investment plan would be published as Kemi Badenoch centred her attacks on the [...]

  • UK economy held back by ‘rationing’ of energy, land and capital

    March 4, 2026

    The government must focus on “ending the rationing” of the UK’s energy, land and capital if it wants to reinvigorate the economy, according to a leading City analyst.  In a research note published this morning, Simon French, head of research at Panmure Liberum, argued that policies from successive governments had effectively created a rationing system [...]

  • Asda boss: Government ‘more and more difficult’ to deal with

    March 4, 2026

    The boss of supermarket chain Asda has said the government has become “more and more difficult” to deal with, claiming the pressures on business posed by policy have ballooned since he began his career.  Allan Leighton, Asda’s chair, said businesses are increasingly facing obstacles to growth which are “not of their own making”.  At Tuesday’s [...]

  • Services sector cuts jobs and hikes prices after Reeves’ tax raid

    March 4, 2026

    The UK’s services sector has turned to hiking prices and shedding workers in an effort to balance the books in the face of rising cost pressures from government policy. Businesses activity picked up for the tenth-consecutive month in February, according to the latest Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) from S&P, but came amid a “solid” amount [...]

  • Leeds United: Westfield mogul Lowy issues ultimatum over £2bn project

    March 4, 2026

    Leeds United director and Westfield tycoon Peter Lowy has urged government to speed up plans for a multi-billion-pound redevelopment of the city. The Premier League club’s American owners, 49ers Enterprises, have begun work on expanding Elland Road by more than 15,000 seats to a 53,000-capacity stadium. But they want to make it the centrepiece of [...]

  • Living standards to be ‘far bleaker’ after 2026 despite Reeves’ claims

    March 4, 2026

    UK living standards are projected to drop in the two years before the next General Election as economists warned people were heading for “far bleaker” times ahead, turning up the heat on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to deliver on a commitment to ease the cost of living. Economists at the Resolution Foundation, the left-leaning Westminster think [...]

  • Metro Bank shares dip after SME lending pivot sees profit balloon

    March 4, 2026

    Metro Bank has swung back into profit as the firm’s pivot into small business lending led to a bump in revenue. The FTSE 250 lender returned to profitability with a pre-tax profit of just north of £98m – a 15-year high and major clawback from losses of £14m last year. The swing came as Metro [...]

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