UK voters want ministers to prioritise growth over net zero, poll finds February 5, 2025 Voters in the UK say they want the government to prioritise economic growth over net zero, pollsters have found. Exclusive polling for Morning Wire by Freshwater Strategy found seven in ten people said they would rather the government prioritise economic growth over achieving net zero by 2050. It comes after pollsters yesterday revealed a majority [...]
Reeves set to gather top investors at Downing Street in growth funding push February 4, 2025 Rachel Reeves will try to convince some of the UK’s biggest investment firms to take more risks with their cash tomorrow as she looks to unlock billions of pounds of funding for her growth plans, Morning Wire has learned. In a meeting at Number 11 Downing Street, the Chancellor is set to pitch her new [...]
Labour keen to establish captive insurance market in Canada February 4, 2025 Within eight months of governing, Labour will be expecting to reveal the results of a captive consultation, which shows a "strong indication that they are going to get on with it"
Rosebank: Britain’s future ‘not in more oil and gas’, energy minister warns February 4, 2025 The UK’s future “does not lie in more oil and gas”, an energy minister has told MPs, just days after a court ruled against consent for two new fields in the North Sea. A judge last week upheld a legal challenge by environmental campaigners against the decision to grant consent to two new oil and [...]
Exclusive: Two-thirds of voters have no confidence in Rachel Reeves February 4, 2025 A majority of Brits now have little confidence in Rachel Reeves’ plan to generate economic growth despite a renewed push from the Chancellor to kickstart Britain’s ailing economy, exclusive polling for Morning Wire has found. More than 70 per cent of voters have said they are not confident in the Chancellor’s fiscal plans and around [...]
Labour optimism evaporates after bruising seven months February 4, 2025 Labour would see its majority wiped out if the country were to head to the polls today as voters turn on Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves over their handling of the economy, exclusive polling for Morning Wire has found. After romping to victory with a majority of 174 in July, Labour’s vote share has slumped [...]
UK’s pension wealth is being ‘squandered’, Phoenix boss warns February 4, 2025 The UK’s pension wealth is being “squandered” due to the fragmentation of the market and a lack of risk taking among money managers, the investment chief of Phoenix has warned. Writing in Morning Wire today, Mike Eakins, chief investment officer of the FTSE 100 pensions giant, said the UK was an “outlier” compared to similar [...]
Starmer accused of ‘fudging the facts’ of his schooling by education expert February 1, 2025 Sir Keir Starmer has faced accusations of “fudging the facts” about his education, from the founder of a social mobility charity. Sutton Trust founder Sir Peter Lampl, who went to the same school as the Prime Minister, Reigate Grammar, made the claim as he attacked the government’s plans to charge VAT on private school fees. [...]
Astrazeneca cancels £450m vaccine plant, blaming state funding cut January 31, 2025 Astrazeneca has cancelled a planned £450m investment in a vaccine manufacturing plant in Merseyside, saying Labour have failed to match the previous government’s offer of funding. It sees the pharmaceutical firm scrap plans to expand its existing facility in Speke, as announced by then-chancellor Jeremy Hunt at last year’s March budget, as first reported by [...]
The Week in Business: is Reeves right to be an optimist? January 31, 2025 Rachel Reeves has been reset, but should we buy into this new optimistic Chancellor?