Becky MortonPolitical reporter Reeves: I will take no risk on public finances Rachel Reeves has said the government is facing difficult choices, as she promised she would not take risks with the public finances. In her speech at Labour’s annual party conference in Liverpool, the chancellor pledged to keep “taxes, inflation and interest rates as...
Brian WheelerPolitical reporter BBC Dame Meg Hillier says child poverty is damaging to the economy Chancellor Rachel Reeves must scrap the two-child benefit cap as an investment in the country’s economic future, a senior Labour MP has said. Dame Meg Hillier, who chairs the influential Treasury select committee, said ending the limit was not only...
Becky MortonPolitical reporter PA Media Young people who have been out of a job or education for 18 months will be offered a guaranteed paid work placement, Rachel Reeves is set to announce. Those who do not to take up the offer could face being stripped of their benefits. In her speech to Labour’s annual...