Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves talks with Lloyds Banking Group CEO Charlie Nunn before a roundtable discussion with top finance executives at the Lloyds Banking Group’s offices, in Leeds, West Yorkshire, as she announces a package of financial services reforms. Picture date: Tuesday July 15, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit: Oli Scarff/PA Wire

If the Chancellor was hoping to bask in the glow of supportive front-page coverage the morning after her Mansion House speech, she would have been disappointed.

The spectacular revelations of Whitehall’s hushed-up cock-up over Afghan refugees knocked her off the top of the news agenda pretty much across the board. Only City AM gave her........

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