Chancellor Rachel Reeves was this week hit by a growing Labour party backlash over her plans to cut state spending and news that the economy shrank in January. After seven months in the job, a YouGov poll found just one in nine voters think she is doing a good job.

UK economy unexpectedly shrank by 0.1% in January in blow to Rachel Reeves - The slowdown in January piles further pressure on Rachel Reeves and Sir Keir Starmer ahead off this month’s spring statemen

Britain’s economy shrank in January amid a sharp fall in the manufacturing sector, in a blow to Chancellor Rachel Reeves before her spring statement, official figures have shown. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the economy contracted 0.