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Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaves 11 Downing Street to deliver the Spring Statement in London, Tuesday, March 3, 2026.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Iran war casts a pall over U.K. economic forecasts

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaves 11 Downing Street to deliver the Spring Statement in London, Tuesday, March 3, 2026.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Iran war casts a pall over U.K. economic update as stocks tank and oil and gas prices surge

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves poses on the doorstep of 11 Downing Street with her ministerial red box before heading to the House of Commons to deliver her Budget speech in London, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

U.K.’s unpopular Labour government tries to fight back with a tax-raising budget

By Pan Pylas and Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves walks to the G20 meeting during the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

U.K.’s Starmer stands by his Treasury chief after house rental rule breach

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, left, stands next to the Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who applauds after she gave her keynote speech during the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, England, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

Treasury chief says wars and tariffs are harming the U.K.’s economic outlook

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves gestures during a roundtable discussion with top finance executives at the Lloyds Banking Group's offices, as she announces a package of financial services reforms, in Leeds, England, Tuesday July 15, 2025. (Oli Scarff/PA via AP)

U.K. Treasury chief will slash financial services red tape to boost investment

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, center, Chancellor Rachel Reeves during a visit to the Sir Ludwig Guttman Health & Wellbeing Centre in east London, Thursday, July 3, 2025. (Jack Hill/Pool Photo via AP)

Tears of U.K. treasury chief spooked financial markets

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves attends a reception following the UK-EU summit, in London, Monday May 19, 2025. (Hannah McKay/Pool via AP)

U.K. government hopes to regain political initiative as Treasury chief outlines spending plans

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

Work is undertaken on the flight deck of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales at HMNB Portsmouth, in Portsmouth, England, on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP) **FILE**

U.K. will ramp up military spending, add lasers to Royal Navy warships

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, leaves 11 Downing Street to deliver the spring statement at the House of Commons in London, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

U.K. government halves 2025 growth forecast to 1% and confirms defense spending boost

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

Airplanes sit at stands around the control tower at Heathrow Airport in London, Thursday Aug. 10, 2006. (AP Photo/Toby Melville, Pool, File)

UK government backs contentious third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, second from left, speaks during the 11th China - UK Economy and Finance Dialogue in Beijing, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, Pool)

China and the U.K. restart economic and financial talks after a 6-year hiatus

Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves speak with members of staff, during a visit to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire, in Coventry, England, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Darren Staples, pool)

U.K. set to create new pension megafunds with aim of unlocking $100 billion for investment

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, looks up as she holds up the traditional red ministerial box containing her budget speech, as she poses for the media outside No 11 Downing Street, before departing to the House of Commons to deliver the budget in London, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

U.K. Treasury chief unveils budget with 40 billion pounds in tax hikes, promising greater investment

By Jill Lawless and Pan Pylas - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves gesture after her speech at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, England, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024.(AP Photo/Jon Super)

Britain’s Treasury chief tries to turn on the economic optimism after months of gloomy talk

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaves Downing Street in London, on July 5, 2024. Britain’s new left-leaning government said Sunday July 28, 2024 that the nation is “broke and broken,” blaming the situation on its predecessors ahead of a major speech on the state of the public finances that is widely expected to lay the groundwork for higher taxes. (AP Photo/Thomas Krych, File)

U.K.’s new Treasury chief axes projects to save costs and confirms deal to end doctors strike

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press