The Budget of last resort
Inside Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves’ fight for survival
ByRachel Reeves
What would Zack Polanski do?
The Green Party leader on wealth taxes, the Nordic model and fiscal rules
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Can Rachel Reeves do more than muddle through?
To Labour critics, the Budget already resembles a missed opportunity
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Rachel Reeves has a choice
Her planned Budget will only entrench our national stagnancy. But there are radical alternatives out there
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Rachel Reeves is trapped by history
Like every chancellor since the Thatcher era, Reeves is refusing to look the public in the eye
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The battle of Burnham would
The will-he, won’t-he is set to continue as the Greater Manchester mayor refuses to rule out having higher ambitions
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Keir Starmer could yet save himself
If only his Chancellor would explain taxes
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What’s behind Labour’s income tax U-turn?
Insiders fear that the government has opted for “all pain, no gain” by dropping a plan to break its manifesto
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Labour could win the culture war over bookies
The vision of old boys thumbing the Racing Post and chatting over cups of tea is a lost one
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Rachel Reeves’s left turn
Why the Chancellor is embracing higher taxes and higher spending.
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Keir Starmer has entered the danger zone
Why Labour MPs from all wings are questioning the Prime Minister’s future again
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How to sell a tax rise
The Chancellor could do worse than reach back into the stories her predecessors told about tax
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“Tax online casinos until the pips squeak”
Rachel Reeves must instate a harm-based gambling tax
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How long does Kemi Badenoch have?
Recent polling by Deltapoll found that just 38 per cent of Brits could recognise her in a photograph
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For whom the Torsten Bell tolls
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster
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Rachel Reeves’s great gamble
Can the Chancellor avoid paying the price for tax rises?
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Britain’s fiscal reality check
Rachel Reeves’s Budget is the start of a new reckoning
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Why Rachel Reeves survives while Rayner fell
Keir Starmer still needs his Chancellor
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Can Labour afford to break its tax pledges?
Some in government fear that Rachel Reeves is about to make the right move at the wrong time.
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Is Britain a high-tax country?
Even as overall taxes have risen, most have been paying less
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