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Reeves has been under pressure over floundering economy with ongoing questions over her fitness for the job

Chancellor faces accusations that her Budget hit economic growth with the £25 billion hike in National Insurance on employers

A rise in minimum wage as well as National Insurance has put retailers on alert to lift prices this year

the Next boss said the Government should stagger the introduction of the NI changes rather than introduce them in one hit in April

The Chancellor said she was not going to let her critics “get me down” as she rebuffed their attacks.

Chancellor says she has the ideas needed to turn things around after week of speculation about whether she can remain in post

Companies grumble about watchdogs, and there’s often room to improve, but the big stuff is in the hands of government

Editorial: Labour should ask the Bank of England if it can do more to boost growth

A former Health Secretary once told me, with an understandable degree of despair, about the frustrations of being in ultimate charge of the NHS. He had all the policy levers at his disposal in his office, but however many he pushed, or pulled, nothing he did seemed to make any…

Ian Murray’s first visit to Holyrood as Scottish Secretary yesterday was a disaster.

It came after fresh data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that the UK economy grew by a weaker-than-expected 0.1% in November.