Environmental groups have threatened legal action against the Government if Rachel Reeves waters down rules protecting bats and newts from construction projects.

The Treasury is reportedly looking at major reforms, making it more difficult for wildlife concerns to hold up developments

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is causing significant investor anxiety as UK borrowing costs reaches to 27-year-high. Last Friday (August 15), the 30-year gilt soared to 5.57% before returning to 5.54% as the markets opened yesterday morning (August 18).

Analysts have noted that bankruptcy rates have dipped only because many struggling households cannot even afford the court fees associated with going bust.

While more than 1,000 pubs and restaurants have closed down since Ms Reeves' tax raiding Budget last October. Simon Edel, UK turnaround and restructuring strategy partner at EY-Parthenon, warned that 'liquidity pressures are intensifying for more UK ...

Rachel Reeves's claims about Labour's dire economic inheritance were delivered another blow yesterday with figures showing Britain's private sector is growing at the fastest pace in four months. The figures pointed to robust economic growth, fading ...

Rachel Reeves’s tax raid on farmers will fund the fight against shoplifting, a minister has suggested. Torsten Bell said the Chancellor’s changes to inheritance tax will enable more police on the streets, meaning fewer shops needing to pay for their own security.