Tag: Rachel Reeves

• Saturday, May 31st 2025 - 13:52 UTC

  British Family concern with Darwin Plus suspension and possible axing of vital conservation funds

  

  Environmentalists, UK MPs and the same British Overseas Territories fear that Chancellor Rachel Reeves could be axing a vital fund, some £10 million to the Darwin Plus scheme, which is essential for scientific research in places such as the Falkland Islands and South Georgia.

• Thursday, December 19th 2024 - 09:22 UTC

  Spanish shipbuilder expected to announce it is taking over Harland and Wolff

  

  A Spanish state-owned shipbuilder is expected to confirm this Thursday that it is buying Harland and Wolff, the Belfast shipyard best known for having built the Titanic. Harland and Wolff was once mentioned as a possible builder of the Falkland Islands new port terminal, the largest Islands’ capital investment.

• Thursday, October 31st 2024 - 19:21 UTC

  UK Office for Budget Responsibility, new government increases spending by £70bn annually for the next five years

  

  A quick analysis by the Chair from the UK Office for Budget Responsibility, Richard Hughes, on the Budget announced to Parliament on Wednesday by Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves MP.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 08:00 UTC

  Labour anticipates a tax increase to fill a £22bn Tory “hole” in UK public finances

  

  UK Labour chancellor Rachel Reeves anticipated that the government of PM Keir Starmer will have to raise some taxes in October's Budget, following the claim on Monday that the previous Tory government left a £22bn “hole” in the public finances.

• Saturday, July 27th 2024 - 08:28 UTC

  Chancellor Reeves at G20 ministers' summit: “Britain is open for business”

  

  United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves is expected in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to attend the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting on her first international visit since taking office.