A reader says Rachel Reeves’ tears would be understandable if they were about Labour rebels wrecking her work to reform the benefits system ...

In a moment that briefly pierced the steely façade of British parliamentary politics, Chancellor Rachel Reeves was seen ...

Sir Keir Starmer is coming under mounting pressure from within his own Cabinet to scrap the two-child benefit cap, despite ...

Reeves says welfare fallout ‘damaging’ and declines to rule out tax hikes - The Chancellor warned there would be ‘costs to ...

The UK government is facing rising tensions between fiscal discipline and political pressure as markets react to a Labour ...

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have been branded the "worst political double act in history" as Kelvin MacKenzie claimed ...

I t has been one year since the British public elected the Labour Party into power, with a historic win of 411 seats. As the ...

But as our recent Independent Ask Me Anything Q&A revealed, it’s the government now feeling the heat – politically bruised, ...

Stocks fade as tariff deadline looms large - US President Donald Trump said he plans to start sending letters informing trading partners of their tariff rates.

Gall was everyone’s idea of the dashing front-line reporter: tall, self-confident and easygoing, his weatherbeaten face ...

The reasons for Reeves’s distress remain shrouded in mystery: she looked strained but smiled gamely and admitted that she ...