It’s time for Starmer and Reeves to embrace the soft left
Labour’s most popular policies are being implemented by stealth.
ByRachel Reeves
PMQs review: Keir Starmer fails to rule out sacking Rachel Reeves
The Prime Minister didn’t do the Chancellor any favours as Labour’s crisis fortnight continues.
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The meaning of the Chancellor’s tears
Rachel Reeves’ authority is beginning to melt away.
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A bigger Labour crisis lies ahead
Major tax rises by Rachel Reeves at the Budget are now inevitable.
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Just raise tax
Rachel Reeves cannot tweak her way out of this crisis. The system must be torn down.
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Labour’s rebel MPs are rubbish at maths
Public finances are in a parlous state. Tough choices are inevitable. When will the PLP learn this lesson?
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Inside the false economy of Rachel Reeves’ welfare cuts
As the government waters down its benefits reforms, PIP claimants reveal cuts would push them out of work – not…
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Labour is locked in a vicious blame game
As Rachel Reeves and Morgan McSweeney are targeted, once-loyal MPs single out Keir Starmer.
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Let the non-doms leave
Britain is better off without the do-nothing rich.
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How Labour became trapped on tax
Rachel Reeves has been left over-reliant on raising money from the wealthiest.
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Rachel Reeves’ fiscal headache is getting bigger
Some combination of tax rises or spending cuts is likely to be necessary by the autumn.
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The £39bn housing paradox
Rachel Reeves’ sensible policy could risk being undone by factors beyond the market.
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Spending review: NHS wins – but tax rises are coming
Andrew Marr, Anoosh Chakelian and Rachel Cunliffe review Rachel Reeves’s latest financial statement.
Rachel Reeves returns to her roots
The Chancellor cast herself as an authentic social democrat rather than a creature of the Treasury.
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Has any Chancellor faced a challenge this daunting?
Rachel Reeves is fighting the good fight, but the British economy remains vulnerable to external shock.
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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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