Business leaders turn on Rachel Reeves

Rachel Reeves says Budget 'wiped slate clean' and vows no more borrowing or tax hikes
Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she won't have to do 'a Budget like this ever again' as addressed an audience of business leaders following a backlash over tax hikes
Business leaders turn on Rachel Reeves after Budget tax raid
Business leaders have turned on Rachel Reeves as a string of executives warned Britain was becoming a less attractive place to invest under Labour. The head of one of the UK’s biggest manufacturers said on Monday that the country risked becoming uninvestable,
Rachel Reeves vows NO more tax rises after Labour’s bruising £40bn budget raid
RACHEL Reeves boldly  insisted last night  there will be no further  tax rises during her time as Chancellor. Her dramatic claim to a frosty reception from business leaders came as McVitie’s
UK politics live: Reeves tax rises ‘caught business off-guard’, CBI chief says in stark review of Budget
Independent business economist Andrew Sentance, who is a former CBI Director of Economic Affairs, says CBI boss Rain Newton Smith needs to be stronger in her response to the Budget, which has been unpopular among businesses.
Rachel Reeves tells angry business leaders there was 'no alternative' to Budget tax rises
Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she was ‘not immune’ to the difficulties facing businesses but there was no alternative to her Budget tax raid.
Rachel Reeves’ Budget is squeezing profits and killing off growth, business chiefs will warn today
RACHEL Reeves’ Budget is squeezing profits and killing off growth, business chiefs will warn today. At the annual Confederation of Business Industry conference, the Chancellor will be told she
Opinion
Rachel Reeves is toast if she backs down on the Budget
If Reeves buckles, or the Prime Minister pulls the rug from under her, or their MPs press the two of them to perform an about-face on this major policy, in the new Government’s very first Budget, then it is open season.
Reeves tells firms no more tax rises as she defends Budget
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has told businesses she is "not coming back with more borrowing or more taxes" as she defended the tax rises on businesses announced in the Budget. Reeves told the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) conference that despite "a lot of feedback" on her tax and spending plans, she had not heard many alternatives.
The Iron Chancellor? Can Rachel Reeves Ride Out The Storm As Budget Criticism Grows?
Former Labour MP Michael Dugher, one of Reeves’ closest friends in politics, said: “She gets called the iron chancellor because she is seen as someone who is very tough and firm to deal with, and determined to get the public finances back in shape and create economic stability.
Cabinet minister contradicts Reeves on future tax raid
Businesses may face further tax rises this parliament, a senior cabinet minister has said, in an apparent contradiction of claims by Rachel Reeves that taxes would not go up again.
Expert warns Rachel Reeves’ promise not to raise taxes depends on pure 'luck'
Ben Zaranko, the associate director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, as reacted with scepticism to the Chancellor's vow ...
Defiant Reeves to tell firms ‘we had no choice’ amid fierce Budget backlash
CBI boss will say measures announced by government have made it harder for firms to ‘take a chance’ on hiring new people ...
Reeves Budget is a 'tax on the working person' and will make flight more expensive, warns incoming EasyJet boss
Kenton Jarvis (pictured), who takes over from John Lundrgen in January, warned that EasyJet could cut flights from the UK and ...
Rachel Reeves' Budget uncertainty sparks slump in retail sales as businesses slam 'gloom'
Businesses have given Rachel Reeves a 'thumbs down' according to one senior economist as her Budget continues unravelling.
‘Catastrophic’: Airports demand meeting with Rachel Reeves over business rates
A draft letter from Airports UK, which represents over 50 airports in the UK, claims the industry will be forced to pay out ...