Growth is a fight Starmer and Reeves want to have – and they can’t afford to lose
Deregulation, streamlining planning decisions, and clamping down on judicial reviews - you might have found much of what Rachel Reeves...
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‘I was wrong to call Trump a danger to the world,’ says Lord Mandelson
Lord Mandelson says calling Donald Trump a "danger to the world" in 2019 was "ill-judged and wrong".The former Labour minister...
Is Rachel Reeves ignoring the North?
👉Listen to Politics At Jack And Sam's on your podcast app👈 Sky News' deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico's...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves announces backing for third Heathrow runway
The government supports a third runway at Heathrow, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced.Ms Reeves said the expansion of Europe's busiest...
A long history of Heathrow’s third runway plans
A third runway for Heathrow is back in the offing as the chancellor has backed expansion of Europe's busiest airport.This...
Big economy speech will take no immediate pressure off Rachel Reeves
Don't, whatever you do, call it a "relaunch".When the chancellor stands up and delivers her much-anticipated speech on Wednesday -...
‘Europe’s Silicon Valley’ at heart of government’s growth plans, Rachel Reeves to announce
Rachel Reeves will unveil Labour's plans to grow the UK economy on Wednesday, warning it "will not come without a...
Will Sir Keir Starmer win his battle against Nimbys to deliver the growth Britain needs?
Over the last week, Sir Keir Starmer's government has fired the starting gun on the biggest domestic fight of this...
Prime Minister warns UK has ‘cohort of loners who are extreme and need to be factored in’ to security plans
Sir Keir Starmer has warned the UK has a "cohort of loners who are extreme and need to be factored...
Heathrow expansion ‘won’t go ahead’ if it doesn’t meet climate targets, Ed Miliband says
Ed Miliband has said the expansion of Heathrow and other airports "won't go ahead" if they don't meet the UK's emissions targets...
Donald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer speak on phone and ‘agree to meet soon’
Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump "stressed the importance of the close and warm ties" between their countries and "agreed...
Chancellor’s enthusiasm ‘has never burned brighter’ – but will her plans finally boost growth?
The chancellor spent most of her first six months issuing dire warnings about the calamitous state of the public finances...
Kemi Badenoch defends blaming ‘peasants’ from ‘sub-communities’ for grooming gangs abuse
Kemi Badenoch has defended blaming "peasants" from "sub-communities" in foreign countries for the grooming gangs crisis.Speaking to Sky News' Sunday...
Reeves to seek billions for growth from corporate pension surpluses
Rachel Reeves will this week announce plans to unlock tens of billions of pounds from corporate pension schemes as part...
Stricter checks for online knife purchases to be introduced
The government has confirmed retailers selling knives online will require ID to purchase and also on delivery.After it emerged Southport...
Kemi Badenoch ‘certainly would’ back Heathrow runway expansion
Kemi Badenoch has said she "certainly would" back a third runway being built at Heathrow Airport.The Conservative Party leader told...
Rachel Reeves says ‘no stone should be left unturned’ in Southport inquiry
Rachel Reeves has said "no stone should be left unturned" in the Southport inquiry to stop anything so "appalling" happening...
Trump praises Starmer for doing ‘very good job’
Donald Trump has said he thinks Sir Keir Starmer has "done a very good job" so far and said the...
Southport stabbings: Axel Rudakubana received second longest sentence in history and UN prevents harsher punishment, says Downing Street
Southport child killer Axel Rudakubana received the second-longest life sentence in English history and the government does not ever want...
Tech companies ‘risk another Southport’ if extreme content isn’t removed, warns home secretary
Terrorist material viewed by Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana could inspire another atrocity unless tech companies take action, the home secretary...