Rachel Reeves says she cannot rule out autumn tax rises after ‘damaging’ week

<p>Exclusive: chancellor says she never considered resigning and warns ‘there are costs’ to welfare bill U-turn</p><p>Rachel Reeves has said it is impossible for her to rule out tax rises in the autumn budget and insisted she never thought about quitting despite a turbulent week for her and the government.</p><p>In an interview with the Guardian, the chancellor said “there are costs” to the watering down of the welfare bill and acknowledged it had been a “damaging” week for Downing Street.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/04/rachel-reeves-tax-rises-damaging-week-tears-labour">Continue reading...</a>