Has any Chancellor faced a challenge this daunting?
Rachel Reeves is fighting the good fight, but the British economy remains vulnerable to external shock.
ByRachel Reeves
The shame of Labour’s austerity doctrine
Rachel Reeves’ spending review is an imitation of a failed economic programme.
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Rachel Reeves’ economic credibility is on the line
A botched Spending Review would further undermine trust in the Chancellor.
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Will Labour’s winter fuel U-turn work?
Some inside government fear Rachel Reeves has missed the opportunity to make a moral argument.
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Rachel Reeves wants to teach her critics a lesson
The Chancellor will use her Spending Review to “re-educate” foes about her fiscal rules.
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What the Treasury can learn from Donald Trump
How to make this the Biggest, the Best, and the most Beautiful Spending Review ever.
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Rachel Reeves wants to level up your commute. Does she have the money?
The cost of London’s Elizabeth Line alone outstrips the total capital spending announced on Wednesday.
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Labour’s muddled message
The government has been left arguing that things have got better, but also worse.
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Rachel Reeves should fear the bond market vigilantes
The City likes nothing more than spoiling a Labour chancellor’s party.
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The revolt against Reeves
As cabinet ministers protest, the Chancellor is trapped in her own straitjacket.
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The economic fantasies of Reform UK
Nigel Farage’s fiscal arithmetic is as eye-catching as it is unserious.
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Does Rachel Reeves have an escape route?
The Chancellor knows she needs to prove again that she owes more to Gordon Brown than George Osborne.
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The fight for Labour’s future
As MPs revolt against Rachel Reeves’ economic approach, Keir Starmer faces a defining choice.
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Labour is at war over the Treasury
As tensions rise, the Starmer-Reeves relationship will be tested as never before.
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Rachel Reeves bans the A-word
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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The spectre of stagflation haunts Labour
Donald Trump has added to Rachel Reeves’ nightmare.
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How the OBR became the Department for Austerity
Governments should not use economic forecasts as a cover for political choices.
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The Chancellor has taken another big gamble
Rachel Reeves will struggle to avoid raising taxes at this autumn’s Budget.
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Rachel Reeves cannot disguise the pain to come
The Chancellor’s rhetoric on growth has proved overblown.
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The White House’s leaked group-chat disaster
Also this week: Rachel Reeves’ digital tax delusion and X as an arm of US foreign policy in Turkey.
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