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The UK's new prime minister Keir Starmer has suspended the party whip from seven of his own MPs after they backed a rebel amendment to scrap Britain's two-child cap on welfare payments, the first rebellion he's faced in the House of Commons since winning power.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will tell international counterparts that Britain is “open for business” on her first overseas trip since taking office, as she continues the new Labour government's push for growth.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said she has inherited a “mess” in Britain's public finances from the previous Conservative administration, her latest warning about the UK's fiscal position that suggests a tax-raising Budget in the autumn.

Rachel Reeves 's choice of dinner partner after her first day of international economic diplomacy as Britain's new chancellor was perhaps unsurprising: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen , a woman she has long admired.

Rachel Reeves’s choice of dinner partner after her first day of international economic diplomacy as Britain’s new chancellor was perhaps unsurprising: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, a woman she has long admired.

Rachel Reeves will run the gauntlet between the Labour left and opposition Conservatives on Monday, when she outlines the state of the UK public finances in a speech setting the tone for the nation's economy and its politics for the next five years.

Rachel Reeves will run the gauntlet between the Labour left and opposition Conservatives on Monday, when she outlines the state of the UK public finances in a speech setting the tone for the nation’s economy and its politics for the next five years.

Making the numbers add up while keeping her tax promises is the unenviable task that's been top of Reeves' mind ahead of Monday.

Keir Starmer faced a significant Labour rebellion as he passed his plan to scrap winter fuel payments for most UK pensioners, a controversial policy that has overshadowed the early weeks of his premiership.

Amazon.com Inc. said it would spend £8 billion ($10.5 billion) in the UK to grow its cloud business, adding to a string of recent expansion moves in Europe and giving Britain's new Labour government a welcome investment boost.