Starmer still lacks a true mission
The Prime Minister’s ever-shifting priorities leave all sides disappointed
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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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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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Did Jeremy Hunt write this Budget?
It’s looking like fiscal drag forever
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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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“We were right”: The two-child benefit rebels respond to the Budget
More than a victory for the government, the removal of the two-child cap is a vindication for the left of…
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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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The Budget of last resort
Inside Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves’ fight for survival
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“Mansion tax” puts off the tougher questions about council tax
Reeves is reportedly considering a new levy on the top three council tax bands in tomorrow’s budget
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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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