European nations must ‘step up and do more on defence’ Rachel Reeves said after the UK pledged to raise defence spending.

It’s clear now that Starmer’s promise “to restore trust in politics” was just a sick joke. We have a chancellor who’s trashed the economy in just seven months and the latest data shows that, thanks to her, we’re worse off now than we ever were under the Tories.

Sir Keir Starmer backed Rachel Reeves on Thursday as she came under pressure over inaccuracies in her CV and her use of expenses in a previous job. The Prime Minister believes the Chancellor can be trusted and has no concerns about her conduct, Number 10 ...

Being caught fibbing about your career credentials isn’t a great look for a politician who has built her brand on being trustworthy, Labour insiders tell Zoe Beaty. Which is why some are wondering if a Chancellor who is so economical with the truth will last the

Sir Keir Starmer has warned that Britain and its allies now face “a generational moment” and cannot “cling to the comforts of the past”. “It is time to take responsibility for our security,” the Prime Minister said in a speech on Sunday,

Prime Minister Keir Starmer backed his chancellor, Rachel Reeves, after she faced fresh scrutiny over inaccurate entries in her online resume, an issue that’s already been a source of controversy for the UK’s finance minister.

You can claim what you like, but the issue you face rapidly becomes one of credibility. 'Rachel Reeves has lost her credibility and the fact that Sir Keir Starmer cannot see that is damaging his.’ The revelations came on a day when official figures ...

If the PM were to sack the chancellor, it would look just as bad for him as it would for her, writes Sean O’Grady. After all, none of her policies would have made the final cut without his approval

Reeves has taken the decision largely to brazen out the difficult time rather than try to rebuild her reputation or turn into a patronage machine like George Osborne did, wielding promises of promotions here and attractive funds to improve streets in constituencies there.