Rachel Reeves blamed for choking the UK jobs market

PMQs: Rachel Reeves left shaking her head as Kemi Badenoch takes aim at Labour's 'lack of growth'

Chancellor Rachel Reeves was left shaking her head at Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch during Prime Minister's Questions, as she took aim at Labour's economy and levels of unemployment.Badenoch told MPs: "You cannot have employment rights without employment. Labour always forgets that it is not Government that creates growth, it is business that creates growth. "And businesses are closing and they are blaming him and his Chancellor. There are 1…

Rachel Reeves blamed for choking the UK jobs market

Millions of people are grappling with unaffordable cost of living and are nervously staring down the barrel of an unemployment crisis.

Rachel Reeves faces pressure to hike taxes again as economy stumbles: British think tank - Global Business Outlook

According to a think tank, British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves is likely to miss her budget goals once more, partly because of the impact her tax increase on employers has had on economic growth. This could lead to additional tax increases later in 2025. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research believed that if growth is weaker than anticipated for the rest of this decade, the government may spend 57 billion pounds (USD 76 billi…