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19 hours ago · Rachel Reeves has said she's "absolutely happy" to look at joining a Europe-wide customs area to ease restrictions on trade. Maros Sefcovic, the EU’s new trade chief, said last …

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Is Rachel Reeves ready to join a European customs group?

Rachel Reeves has said she is willing to look into the UK forming closer trade ties with the EU (Photo: Reuters) The Chancellor has said she is “absolutely happy” to consider joining a European customs group after Brussels indicated that the UK would be welcome to join. ...

Who is Rachel Reeves?

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will join a meeting of Eurozone finance ministers next month, as part of the new Labour government’s continued effort to deepen cooperation with the European Union. Reeves will become the first chancellor to join the Eurogroup meeting on Dec. 9 since Britain’s exit from the EU in 2020. ...

Will Rachel Reeves take up Sefcovic's PEM offer?

Asked on Sky News’s Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips programme whether she would take up Sefcovic’s offer, Rachel Reeves said she was “absolutely happy” to look at taking part in the PEM. “We are absolutely happy to look at those proposals because we know the deal that the previous government secured is not working well enough,” she said. ...

Are Rachel Reeves and Kemi Badenoch left-wing?

After Rachel Reeves’s “tax, spend and borrow” Budget and the choice of a right-wing Tory leader in Kemi Badenoch, who rather strangely believes her party “talked right, but governed left” before losing July’s election, both main parties have arguably edged away from the centre ground. ...

Will Reeves boost economic growth in the UK?

Reeves is under pressure to boost economic growth in the UK, after a huge investment package in her budget last week was met by a disappointing growth projection. Despite Labour’s £100 billion ($130 billion) of capital spending, the fiscal watchdog said that investment would only boost GDP by 0.5% in 10 years’ time, rising to 1.4% by 2073-74. ...

Why did Chancellor Rachel Reeves remove CMA chief?

"The government wants to show it serious about investment." The removal of the CMA chief came as Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds, who took the decision, arrived in Davos to court overseas investors at the annual World Economic Forum. ...