The huge changes to the welfare system, due to be announced next week, will see only the most severely disabled people ...

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner , Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood spoke out in Cabinet as half of those present urged the Chancellor to think again.

Those who have difficulty washing, dressing or eating will be denied payments due to a tougher eligibility criteria ...

The UK economy shrank unexpectedly in January – a blow to the Chancellor Rachel Reeves just a fortnight before she makes her Spring Statement. The 0.1% drop in GDP was largely due to a fall in ...

Rachel Reeves has insisted on the need to "get a grip" on the welfare bill, saying the system is not working for the taxpayer ...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer visited Babcock in Rosyth this morning, as she announced a £2bn boost for defence spending in the UK.

The GDP figures for January won’t have made happy reading for Rachel Reeves this morning, with GDP down 0.1 per cent on the ...

Britain's economy unexpectedly shrank in January, official data showed Friday, piling more pressure on the Labour government ahead of its Spring Statement on the economy.

The British economy unexpectedly shrank during January, piling pressure on Treasury chief Rachel Reeves before a key ...

The U.K. finance minister blamed a changing world—an implicit nod to President Donald Trump 's unfurling trade war—for the shrinking size of the British economy. "The world has changed and across the ...

It’s hardly the news Rachel Reeves would have wished for with fewer than two weeks until her Spring Statement.