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chancellor, Rachel Reeves, have expressed support for an industry solution to Thames Water’s woes. Some expected challengers for the [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) leadership, however, including Burnham, have expressed support for nationalising water companies
news site in the UK – including the Guardian – as feverish discussion continued over whether he could eventually depose Keir Starmer as prime minister? “Burnham off to a running start,” said [the Times](https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/keir-starmer-latest-news-andy-burnham-labour-leadership-c8mvf7jnt).
Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Health Secretary Wes Streeting were among those who spoke up on this. There is nuance here - the prime minister himself had expressed concern too, we are told. And of course cabinet
Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, has said she is [“frustrated and angry”](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/14/rachel-reeves-folly-us-going-to-war-iran-without-clear-exit-plan) that the US launched strikes without a clear idea of its objectives, while Starmer said last week
chancellor this week as the "Great British Summer Savings". Rachel Reeves wants to try to get across that she gets it: that for all the political noise and argument, the cost of living remains
News that the UK unemployment rate [jumped back to 5% in March](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/19/uk-unemployment-iran-war-pay-growth) appears to be the latest evidence that the Iran war has snuffed out the economic upturn Rachel Reeves had hoped
News hat the government needed to make sure it was “protecting the UK national interest”. “When there are international conflicts … what we have to do as a government is make sure that we’re protecting
Rachel Reeves, his chancellor. Photograph: House of Commons/PA According to close allies, Starmer has always believed that Streeting would not be able to command the support of the parliamentary party and the membership – and also
Rachel Reeves**, the chancellor, spoke to reporters this morning after the growth figures were released. She claimed that a [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) leadership contest would put economic recovery at risk. She said: > double quotation
Rachel is given a clearer and slightly different direction she could provide the necessary assuredness to the markets. Ed Miliband wouldn’t be able to do that.” Spokespeople for Reeves and Miliband declined to comment
chancellor, [Rachel Reeves](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/rachel-reeves), this week to discuss how to limit the economic impact of the crisis in the Middle East triggered by the US and Israel’s attacks on Iran. The chief
Rachel Reeves left the door open to the idea, after [the Guardian revealed](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/27/rachel-reeves-considering-rent-freeze-to-limit-iran-war-fallout) the chancellor has been considering it as an option to cut the cost of living. A No 10 spokesperson
Chancellor Rachel Reeves there was also a change in energy policy. She is now looking at trying to maximise production from existing North Sea fields through "tie backs" and enact a radical reform to break
chancellor, Rachel Reeves](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/15/rachel-reeves-donald-trump-iran-war-uk-us), the government is hoping the king might be able to talk the president down from some of his more aggressive statements. The king will attend several other events with
News:](https://www.itv.com/news/2026-05-16/andy-burnham-returns-i-will-take-my-fight-as-high-as-i-can-go) "Let me say this really clearly. I support the fiscal rules. "There needs to be a plan to get debt down, but beyond that, we need to change politics and take
Rachel Reeves tells [the Daily Mirror](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/reeves-trump-iran-war-prices-37008831) in her interview that the war with Iran is a "folly", affecting families in the US, the UK and around the world. [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com
news for the global economy. But for some countries, the unfolding conflict is having a bigger impact than for others. The [International Monetary Fund’s verdict](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/14/iran-war-global-recession-imf-uk-growth-forecasts-oil-prices) is that Britain
chancellor, Rachel Reeves, announced a deeply unpopular [cut to winter fuel subsidies](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/29/hospital-and-road-projects-face-cuts-to-plug-22bn-fiscal-hole-reeves-says) for pensioners soon after taking office. Then she unveiled a budget [that raised taxes](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/26/rachel-reeves-targets-uks-wealthiest-in-26bn-tax-raising-budget) to levels
News’s Sophy Ridge, Akehurst said it was necessary for prime ministers to be MPs or a member of the House of Lords, which last happened in 1963. “If a contest started right
news list to blaring emergency. For anyone with kids finishing primary school, there’s a question as to what and how much about that time they’ll remember. My two, who are deep into