How to placate the bond markets
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The EU won’t save Rachel Reeves
Domestic politics cannot dictate our post-Brexit settlement
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Will Rachel Reeves let history repeat itself?
The Chancellor will set out her latest economic vision today
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Rachel Reeves is pretending everything is absolutely fine
This Spring Statement didn’t take account of an inconvenient event: the outbreak of war
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Was the Chancellor’s Spring Statement dead on arrival?
The OBR’s forecast was prepared before the war in Iran broke out
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Should Rachel Reeves sound more like Mark Carney?
At Davos, the UK’s Chancellor has been outshone by Canada’s prime minister
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Five political trends to watch in 2026
Predicting the debates that will dominate the new year
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The Budget has pushed Starmer and Reeves closer to the edge
The real threat is not a leadership challenge but parliamentary anarchy
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Rachel Reeves’ rage-bait Budget
The Chancellor’s set piece was a masterclass in political humiliation
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Has Labour’s soft left won?
Keir Starmer’s repeated U-turns mean all sides crave more ideological definition
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Labour’s conformism is crushing Britain
Rachel Reeves is just the latest ambassador of a failed political elite
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Did Rachel Reeves do enough?
The Chancellor desperately needs growth to offer more than austere social democracy
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How parliament reacted to the Budget
Tensions reached fever pitch when Reeves announced the abolition of the two-child benefit cap
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Rachel Reeves hits young graduates with a double stealth tax
The Chancellor plans to raise as much money from freezing loan repayment thresholds as from the mansion tax
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The Budget: our writers’ verdicts
Louise Haigh, Faiza Shaheen, James Meadway and others respond to the Chancellor
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How Labour changed its mind on the two-child benefit cap
It was an emotional moment for so many people in the Labour movement
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The two-child benefit cap was a scar on the country’s soul
By abolishing the cap, Rachel Reeves will lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty
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Rachel Reeves’s Budget leaks early
The document was released in error more than 40 minutes before the Chancellor’s speech
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Rachel Reeves’s risky sequel
Labour MPs will like the Budget – but will voters and markets?
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Steve Wright: Farage is a racist and I’ll fight the Tommy mob in the street
The leader of the Fire Brigades Union won’t back down
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