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Labour conference live: Rachel Reeves stands by winter fuel allowance cut as nurses reject 5.5% pay rise
Rachel Reeves stands by winter fuel allowance cut as nurses reject 5.5% pay rise - Nurses pay deal rejection raises fears of further strikes across NHS
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Even Rachel Reeves knows Labour have hurt Britain
It’s been a bad week for Rachel Reeves – and the British public. We are bracing ourselves to pay more in tax; she is bracing herself to pay for her own wardrobe.
All the key moments from Rachel Reeves first speech as Chancellor to Labour conference
In her first major speech as Chancellor to Labour conference that was briefly interrupted by hecklers, Rachel Reeves attempted to strike a more optimistic tone after recent gloomy warnings
Watch: Heckler interrupts Rachel Reeves at Labour conference
A heckler could be heard shouting “and we are still selling arms to Israel!”
Watch as security gets protester in CHOKEHOLD during Rachel Reeves Labour conference speech
A protester disrupted chancellor Rachel Reeves Labour conference speech. Shockingly, security got the guy in a chokehold to remove him
Who is Rachel Reeves? Britain’s first female chancellor to give first Labour speech at conference
Rachel Reeves is set to use her first speech at a Labour conference to vow there will be "no return" to austerity under a Labour government. The chancellor is expected to declare that her first budget, due on October 30, will not be an austerity measure, and instead will “rebuild Britain” and deliver the change they promised the electorate.
Rachel Reeves defends winter fuel cuts as she insists voters trust Labour with their money
Rachel Reeves defended winter fuel cuts as the “right decision” and insisted pensioners most in need will still receive help. In a speech to the Labour conference that was disrupted by hecklers, the Chancellor said she would not “duck” difficult decisions.
Cutting winter fuel payments ‘right decision’, says Reeves, as No 10 says no change to council tax discount for single people – Labour conference live
Chancellor says £22bn gap in current spending budget and state pension rise meant she had to make decision on means-testing fuel payments. Early evening summary 18:20 Rachel Reeves has defended her decisions to cut the winter fuel allowance and abandon infrastructure projects as she argued the decisions taken in the early weeks of the Labour government would pave the way to a more optimistic economic future.
Rachel Reeves digs in over cuts to winter fuel payments but unions to get showdown vote at Labour rally
The Chancellor was also seeking to lift economic hopes in her speech to Labour’s conference after warning of tough choices ahead
Wes Streeting wriggles on whether 5.5% pay boost for nurses was his 'final offer'... after they humiliate Chancellor Rachel Reeves by rejecting the bumper hike in the middle of her Labour conference speech
Health Secretary Wes Streeting dodged on whether more money could be available after the bump was formally snubbed.
Rachel Reeves stands by winter fuel cuts
Rachel Reeves has defended scrapping the winter fuel payment for 10 million pensioners, saying it was the “right decision” in the circumstances she had inherited. Speaking at the Labour conference, the Chancellor pledged never to “duck those decisions”,
Reeves tries to sugarcoat austerity as Labour’s support plummets
According to Ipsos, just 22 percent of people are “pleased” with Labour’s performance, and fewer than half of Labour voters—a ...
Rachel Reeves says fixing UK economy will not ‘come easy’ but says she is ‘optimistic’ – Labour conference live
Chancellor says overall government won’t face cuts in real terms before key conference speech. Delegates protest about ...
Rachel Reeves defends £7,500 clothes funding with Labour under pressure over donations
Chancellor Rachel Reeves on Monday defended her acceptance of £7,500 of funding for clothing from a friend as a damaging row ...
Rachel Reeves forced to halt Labour Party Conference speech as protesters stage demonstration
Rachel Reeves forced Rachel Reeves to temporarily halt her first Labour Party conference speech as Chancellor of the ...
Live news: Rachel Reeves prepares to address Labour party conference
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What is austerity – and why is Rachel Reeves accused of bringing it back?
Labour has ruled out a “return” to the austerity seen in the 2010s, and still felt long after. However, critics inside the ...
Could higher borrowing give the chancellor her optimistic vision?
Today saw a shift in rhetoric from Chancellor Rachel Reeves as she moved to promise the Labour conference a more optimistic ...
Britain's Treasury chief tries to turn on the economic optimism after months of gloomy talk
British Treasury chief Rachel Reeves promised on Monday not to return to an era of public spending cuts despite the dire ...