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Focus on capital spending in northern cities and Midlands is recognition Labour needs better economic story for votersRachel Reeves looks to spending review to shift focus from welfare cutsRachel Reeves is announcing £15bn for trams, trains and buses o…
Ahead of next week’s statement, the chancellor is to announcing transport investments outside LondonRachel Reeves unveils £15bn for trams, trains and buses outside LondonRachel Reeves’s spring statement in March ended up being defined by deep cuts to d…
Partha Dasgupta’s landmark study provided way to put a value on nature – but many fear report has been sidelinedRevealed: 5,000 nature sites at risk under Labour’s growth plansTen top jewels endangered by the billBoris Johnson was prime minister and Ke…
Group led by Steve Rotheram says introducing local tourism tax would empower regional growthA coalition of mayors from across England are urging the government to allow local authorities to bring in a Barcelona-style visitor levy to generate income fro…
Exclusive: Report suggests government has overestimated its housebuilding figures and will miss target for EnglandUK politics live – latest updatesRachel Reeves is under renewed pressure to spend billions more on affordable housing, after an industry r…
Plans for £1.5bn investment in munitions manufacturing response to government’s defence review’s call to boost stockpilesThe UK will spend £1.5bn on building six munitions and energetics factories to “better deter our adversaries” as part of its long-a…
The chancellor will announce billions in regional spending after rewriting Treasury investment rulesAndrew Bailey has urged the UK government to deepen ties with the EU, as he warned a breakdown in global trade would make it harder for the Bank of Engl…
Extra investment lined up for schemes such as energy projects, roads and rails outside London and the south-eastRachel Reeves is preparing to announce billions of pounds’ worth of extra spending for areas outside south-east England at next month’s spen…
IMF suggests chancellor could refine fiscal rules, but some fear policing and social housing face spending cutsThe Treasury is in a standoff with some ministers over proposed cuts to public services including policing and social housing, as the Interna…
Fund, which has been in UK assessing economy, upgrades growth forecast this year to 1.2% from 1.1%Business live – latest updatesRachel Reeves should loosen her fiscal rules to prevent the need for emergency spending cuts, the International Monetary Fun…