Whiplash on the Labour benches
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
ByRachel Reeves
Labour’s belated bid for definition
Keir Starmer has discovered that technocratic management is not enough – his party needs political leadership.
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Rachel Reeves’ growing pains
What story will Labour tell if the economy doesn’t improve?
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Whose GDP is it anyway?
The question Labour needs a better answer to.
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Could John Rawls save the Labour Party?
Rachel Reeves is not just facing an economic crisis – she is suffering from a failure of philosophical imagination.
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Labour must prioritise better growth
Rachel Reeves needs to chart a course out of our broken economic model.
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The costs of Labour’s growth boosterism
The Chancellor now understands that the politics of her role are as important as the economics.
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Does Rachel Reeves have a real growth plan?
Despite her rhetoric, the Chancellor doesn’t always put higher GDP first.
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Has Rachel Reeves given in to the non-doms?
Or is it just another win for the attention economy?
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What the left gets wrong about Rachel Reeves
Bond market traders should not be trusted with the fate of a Labour chancellor.
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Is 2025 the year I finally quit politics?
Climate catastrophe, tech bros kissing Trump’s ring, and a flailing British economy… maybe it would be better to ignore it…
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Rachel Reeves will soon need to pick a side
The Chancellor is caught between the neo-Croslandites and the neo-Blairites.
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Will the bond markets defeat Rachel Reeves?
Britain is living through a technological revolution. Labour cannot afford to panic on the economy.
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Labour is paying for its lack of a growth plan
Ministers wrongly believed that ending the Tory psychodrama would be enough to boost the economy.
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How much danger is Rachel Reeves in?
The Chancellor can’t afford more bad news.
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Rachel Reeves’ Spending Review headache
When do “efficiency savings” become cuts?
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Why Rachel Reeves is channelling Thatcher
The Chancellor aims to argue that her tough economic medicine has worked.
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Rachel Reeves’s retirement revolution
The Chancellor is pushing through bold and inventive reforms but the wider picture for Britain’s economy is far from rosy.
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Rachel Reeves’ Budget will stabilise the NHS – but only reform will save it
Health needs that aren’t met in primary care simply turn up in secondary care.
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Labour has been sent a warning by the markets
Bond traders’ response to the Budget will act as a future constraint on higher public spending.
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