State Department Holds Daily Press Briefing (Aug. 7)

Published on August 7, 2024

U.S. Department of State spokesperson Matthew Miller leads the department press briefing at 1:15 p.m. ET on Aug. 7. ...

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The government is hoping to adopt “the Canadian model” pension schemes to help “fire up the UK economy,” Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday.The size of Canadian pension schemes means they can “invest far more” than their British counterparts, Reeves said.The chancellor made the remarks before hosting a roundtable in Toronto with Canada’s so-called Maple 8 group of retireme