Will Labour’s winter fuel U-turn work?
Some inside government fear Rachel Reeves has missed the opportunity to make a moral argument.
ByRachel Reeves
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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Rachel Reeves’ fraught balancing act
The Chancellor will now be forced to contemplate tax rises.
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The warfare state can rescue Britain
Tomorrow’s Spring Statement should recognise a simple truth: economic and national security are now inextricable.
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Can Rachel Reeves recover?
A Chancellor playing a long game must hope she does not have to wait too long.
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