The UK, along with Germany, has said it will increase defence spending. Trump has long called for European members of Nato to ...

The finance secretary says her government is facing a "major shortfall" after the chancellor's Spring Statement.

British lawmakers and the public are waiting to see if Reeves will stick to her self-imposed spending and debt rules.

Ministers are considering cutting a tax on global tech giants as part of a last-minute scramble to secure a deal which would ...

WSWS reporters spoke to some of those attending Wednesday’s protest against the massive welfare cuts being imposed by ...

As the chancellor was forced to deliver a brutal spring statement due to the flatlining economy, The Independent looks at ...

It came as the Government’s official forecaster cautioned that there was a ‘significant risk’ around meeting fiscal rules.

Government sources confirmed that one of the American asks in talks is for the UK to scrap its digital services tax, which mainly hits US tech giants such as Amazon, Facebook/Meta and Twitter, owned ...

Public sector finance data will be unwelcome to Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of her spring statement, and to a government ...

British finance minister Rachel Reeves cut the government's plans for spending increases on Wednesday to get back on track ...

Sir Keir Starmer has said the Government’s economic record shows a “mindset” opposed to tax rises but declined to explicitly ...