Alex Brummer

Reeves plots tax raid on Middle England: Fears grow that Chancellor will target savings, pensions and property as she suggests Brits with the 'broadest shoulders' will pay billions more

Reeves' pledges to 'fix the foundations' of the British economy have subsided. The Chancellor's refrain that she would never take the risks the Conservatives took has proved hollow.

The true cost of Labour: Britain faces highest inflation in G7 but lags behind on growth, warns IMF... while unemployment hits a four-year high

The veneer of respectability given to Hamas is an open wound: ALEX BRUMMER

About a quarter of a century ago, when I was researching a profile of the Bank of England, I was invited to tour its vast vaults.

ALEX BRUMMER: My father was a Holocaust refugee - I thank the Lord he's not here to see this in Britain

Well, one thing is for sure. Spending money lavishly then clawing it back from the taxpayer is still the Labour way.

Wes Streeting is often hailed as the brightest star in a Cabinet of dullards. But the Health Secretary is helping to bring about a catastrophe for Britain's vital life science and medicine industries.

A attack on Labour's policies towards enterprise, launched by one of the biggest beasts in British business, underlines the true scale of our economic catastrophe.

Rachel Reeves' grip on her position as Chancellor of the Exchequer looks ever more tenuous thanks to the Prime Minister's cackhanded economic reshuffle.

HBOS collapsed after embarking on a mad dash to become Britain's largest consumer and mortgage bank. It had abandoned the prudence which should be at the core of safe lending.

As every football fan knows, the moment the club chairman is forced to quell rumours of the manager's imminent demise by issuing a vote of confidence, the gaffer's days are numbered.

ALEX BRUMMER: The potential damage to an already stuttering economy, weighed down by the Chancellor's growth-sapping £40 billion of tax rises, doesn't bear thinking about.

Yesterday's claim by Chancellor Rachel Reeves that Labour's number one mission is to 'put more money in the pockets of working people' does not stand up to scrutiny.

The six claims from Rachel Reeves that would never pass the test on a lie detector: ALEX BRUMMER

ALEX BRUMMER: If this is a fixed economy, I'd hate to see a broken one

Britain's urgent need to bolster its defences in the face of Russian aggression poses the biggest threat to public finances since the 1976 sterling crisis.

As the Chancellor lives it up with her fellow G7 finance ministers at the £350-a-night Rimrock Resort Hotel in Canada's Rocky Mountains, her credibility at home is draining away.

ALEX BRUMMER: As the Chancellor lives it up with her fellow G7 finance ministers at the £350-a-night Rimrock Resort Hotel in Canada 's Rocky Mountains, her credibility at home is draining away.

With the nation in the grip of an almighty row over immigration, you'd be forgiven for having missed the main story - but it's one you cannot afford to ignore.