'Weak' Labour accused of 'desperate crawl to China' over new North Sea plans
The Treasury has allegedly "brushed off" security concerns from other Government departments about new Chinese energy ...
The Chancellor courting China signals a craven betrayal of British interests and human rights
You may or may not remember the time Rachel Reeves voiced fears about the UK being too dependent on China. “I think we are ...
Ousted competition chief warns Reeves’s growth bid risks backfiring
The ousted boss of Britain’s competition watchdog has hit back at Rachel Reeves amid concerns that the Government plans to ...
What the papers say – February 8
Cuts by both Donald Trump and Chancellor Rachel Reeves are among the stories leading Saturday’s newspapers. The i weekend ...
UK must respect Trump’s mandate, Mandelson says, as US president announces global tariffs in trade war: Live
Trump threatens to impose 25 per cent tariffs on ‘any steel coming into US’ raising concerns Britain’s steel industry will be hit ...
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 ...
Stocks rise as traders await Amazon earnings and UK rate cut and US jobs data
US stocks rose on Thursday as investors digested company earnings and awaited e-commerce giant's Amazon (AMZN) results due ...
Cut taxes for BP and Shell to protect UK from Trump’s trade war, Rachel Reeves told
Oil giants such as BP and Shell who operate in the North Sea should be given huge tax breaks to help protect the UK against ...
'Trump wants UK tax cuts for tech giants' and 'hands off our ISAs'
The Guardian leads on a warning from the Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, about President Trump's plans to make substantial ...
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey answers YOUR questions from Rachel Reeves’ Budget to Trump’s trade war
THE Bank of England yesterday lowered interest rates from 4.75 per cent to 4.5, while halving its growth forecasts amid fears ...
'New era of stagflation' and 'putrid' figures for Reeves
The Times also says the Bank's alert is a setback for Reeves as it says there was a warning of a new squeeze on living standards. The Bank cut interest rates to 4.5% as it attempts to stimulate the ...
Stagflation: Chancellor Rachel Reeves faces mess of her own making
The Bank now expects the UK economy to grow 0.7 per cent this year, cut from a previous estimate of 1.5 per cent. Inflation, ...