The Labour mayor for London, Sadiq Khan, immediately came out swinging after Reeves’ announcement. He said: “I remain opposed to a new runway at Heathrow airport because of th

For a Labour chancellor it was a bold move: Rachel Reeves went to Davos and told an audience of global plutocrats that she wanted to make their lives easier by creating a riskier regulatory environment for UK consumers.

As UK economics editor, my life for the last week has felt a lot like surrealist movie Being John Malkovich — but with Rachel Reeves in the central role.

Rachel Reeves is defending her plans to grow the UK economy this morning after a backlash over the government backing a third Heathrow runway.The Chancellor rejected criticism of the government’s support to expand Heathrow Airport after she set out plans to remove barriers to growth in the hope of kickstarting the UK’s stuttering economy.

The new runway at Heathrow Airport can be completed by 2035, according to Rachel Reeves. The chancellor announced the confirmation of the project, along with several other major infrastructure proposals,

Rachel Reeves is so worried about the UK economy being in the red right now, that she appears to have forgotten Labour’s past promises to go green. Labour vowed in its 2024 manifesto to make Britain the “green finance capital of the world” and work towards reducing greenhouse emissions by 100% from 1990 levels by 2050.

The chancellor says the airport is at "the heart of the UK's openness as a country" and a third runway could lead to 100,000 more jobs.

U.K. Treasury chief Rachel Reeves says that the new Labour government is backing the construction of third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport

Rachel Reeves has refused to rule out announcing further tax rises in the spring, after she delivered a speech designed to ignite growth in the British economy. The Chancellor said she would wait to see the results of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s next forecast before setting out any tax and spending plans.

Rachel Reeves' public show of support for expanding Heathrow has exposed a divide within Labour ranks, with Sadiq Khan among high-profile names voicing their opposition to the plan.