A major speech Wednesday promises a host of pro-growth policies to turn the UK economy around. But the hurdles in the chancellor’s way are huge.

In a major speech in Oxford yesterday, the Chancellor said she was prepared to 'fight' with opponents who stand in the way of her reforms.

Rachel Reeves reached far and wide as she sought to revive the UK’s flagging economy with wind turbines, roads, airports, railways, trade deals, and proposed reforms to pensions, planning and the welfare system.

UK Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has given government support for a 3rd runway in Heathrow (as rumoured). Last estimates on cost were from 2014 and put it at £14b. It take up to 10-years to complete.Heathrow has estimated it would be able to boost capacity

Starmer’s Government is re-making the age-old mistakes in China diplomacy all over again. Those who frame the debate as a choice between whether or not to engage Beijing are proposing a false dichotomy. It is not about whether to talk or trade with China, but how? On whose terms, with what criteria, on what conditions and with what objectives?

HSBC Chairman Mark Tucker leaned into the microphone at a vast conference table in Beijing, telling British business leaders and senior Chinese officials that he spoke for all UK businesses present in hoping for stronger economic ties.

HSBC Chairman Mark Tucker leaned into the microphone at a vast conference table in Beijing, telling British business leaders and senior Chinese officials that he spoke for all UK businesses present in hoping for stronger economic ties.

In a congratulatory message to this year's "The Icebreakers" Chinese New Year celebration, Vice-President Han Zheng expressed hope that friends from all sectors in China and the UK will continue to uphold the icebreaking spirit, characterized by great courage and forward-looking wisdom, to promote mutually beneficial bilateral cooperation.

Shein’s reported plan to list in London as soon as April could face a new hurdle after British regulators grilled the company about its cotton sourcing Controversy about its business practices and riv

Reeves told The Wall Street Journal at Davos on Thursday that she "hears" criticism of her budget but hasn't been presented with "any serious alternative" to steady the public finances. The budget, delivered in October, includes tax rises to plug a hole in the public finances.

Societe Generale 's French retail recovery is key, Jefferies said. Industry data suggests banks should start their engines of loan production after almost two years of subdued loan issuance and higher liability costs linked with regulated savings accounts, it said.