Remember 1976, when as former Labour Chancellor and then Prime Minister James (Jim) Callaghan, went ‘cap-in-hand’ to the IMF (International Monetary Fund), to bail him out. Now Rachel has gone to ...

Kumar’s remarks gain significance in the wake of the TMC government’s row with West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose over the appointment of VCs of 34 state universities.

Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with the Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz. Prime Minister Trudeau highlighted Canada’s key priorities heading into its 2025 G7 Presidency, which include ...

A TEENAGER is behind bars accused of the stabbing murder of a man at Gateshead and threatening witnesses not to go to the police. Sage Swinton is a news reporter who was born and bred in the Hunter.

Keir Starmer has insisted Rachel Reeves will be chancellor “for many, many years to come” amid fierce criticism of her performance in the job. The prime minister delivered his vote of ...

Use the button above to save it to your profile. During a wide-ranging two hour session on Wednesday afternoon (session available on Parliament TV) the exchequer secretary addressed the government’s ...

There are two main schools of thought here. Firstly, there is the argument that getting rid of the Chancellor shields Starmer somewhat from the general sense of doom and gloom engulfing the Labour ...

BERLIN — Germany's likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has vowed to restore Germany’s industrial competitiveness by putting climate policies on the back burner. Germany’s economic policies have ...

It is fair to say that, dire economic inheritance or not, when the chancellor of the Exchequer delivered her Budget at the end of October, she did not expect a few months later to be facing the ...

The Budget is highly anticipated and various rumours have swirled about what might be in it (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA) Rachel Reeves is set to unveiled her first budget as chancellor today ...

Only three hours later, at an off-camera briefing, did the Downing Street official spokesperson say Ms Reeves will be chancellor “for the whole of this parliament”. That’s not the same as ...

British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will stay in her post until the end of her term, Downing Street said, amid criticism of the falling pound and rising government borrowing costs, BNR ...