Rachel Reeves – Full Fact

8 June 2026

Appears on track

Government Tracker

Is the government on course to meet its fiscal rules?

Full Fact examines whether Labour is on track to meet its “non-negotiable” fiscal rules for the government finances. Read

Gov Tracker

4 December 2025

Economy, Business & Finance

Did Rachel Reeves mislead the public ahead of the Budget?

By Hannah Smith • 7 mins

The chancellor has been accused of misleading the public in a 4 November press conference following the publication of new OBR figures. Read

Analysis

26 November 2025

Politics

Has the chancellor kept Labour’s manifesto commitments on tax?

By Hannah Smith • 3 mins

Many have accused the government of breaking its manifesto promises in the 2025 Budget, yet Rachel Reeves claims to have kept “every single one” of Labour’s manifesto commitments. Read

Analysis

25 November 2025

Economy, Business & Finance

Budget 2025: fact checked

By Full Fact Team • 9 mins

We’ve examined a series of claims from Rachel Reeves’ second Budget as chancellor. Read

Analysis

20 November 2025

Economy, Business & Finance

What has Labour pledged on income tax ahead of the Budget?

By Hannah Smith • 5 mins

Amid reports that Labour may be planning to extend the freeze on income tax thresholds at next week’s Budget, we look at exactly what commitments the party made in its manifesto. Read

Analysis

27 May 2025

Politics

No evidence Rachel Reeves is introducing a ‘window tax’

By Evie Townend • 2 mins

The Treasury has said claims on social media that the Chancellor is set to introduce a window tax on privately owned homes are “misinformation”. Read

Fact checks

26 March 2025

Economy, Business & Finance

Spring Statement 2025: fact checked

By Full Fact Team • 6 mins

Our round-up looks at claims from the chancellor Rachel Reeves’ statement in the Commons, and the Conservative response. Read

Analysis

4 November 2024

Budget 2024: Was Labour's manifesto clear with voters during the last general election?

By Full Fact Team • 3 mins

The 2024 Autumn Budget has been and gone but the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves and Labour has faced criticism about how clear they were with voters in their manifesto about tax rises. Read

Comment

13 September 2024

Economy, Business & Finance

Will state pension increases offset the impact of Winter Fuel Payment changes?

By Hannah Smith • 4 mins

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer claimed that the state pension ‘will increase by more than any loss of the Winter Fuel Payment’. Read

Fact checks

25 June 2024

Conservatives share clip of Rachel Reeves interview with lag to make it look like she struggled to answer question

By Evie Townend • 2 mins

The Conservatives have shared a clip showing Ms Reeves appearing to pause for several seconds after she was asked about public finances under Labour with the caption: “Cat got your tongue, Rachel?” Read

Fact checks