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.
ByRachel Reeves
The black-hole blame game
Were Labour’s tax rises planned all along, or did the Tories force its hand?
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Labour’s Budget headaches aren’t over
Poor economic growth could force Rachel Reeves to choose between cuts and more tax rises.
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Labour’s economic tightrope
Having raised taxes and spending, Labour must now deliver improved services.
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Rachel Reeves’s great gamble
The Chancellor’s £40bn tax rises have thrown down a challenge to business.
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Labour has imposed a £19.5bn stealth tax
The biggest revenue-raising item in the Budget will be paid for by employees.
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Rachel Reeves escapes her own straitjacket
The Chancellor will use her Budget to tax and borrow far more than originally planned.
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The wails on the bus
The row over the £3 fare cap is telling of Labour’s comms struggles.
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Paul Johnson: “Labour might get lucky on growth”
The IFS director on Rachel Reeves’s first Budget and why he’s standing down next year.
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The Thatcher delusion
The Labour Party have swallowed the Iron Lady myth. Rachel Reeves must abandon it for good.
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The disillusioned swing voters of Sheppey
The New Statesman had exclusive access to a focus group in one of Britain’s most deprived constituencies.
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Why Rachel Reeves should crash the housing market
It might take ten years and a lot of shouting, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t worth doing.
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The Budget must give people hope
The Starmer team knows it cannot succeed by offering voters no short-term improvements.
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Letter of the week: Racism, riots and reality
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Debunking the fiscal black hole myth
Rachel Reeves is the latest chancellor to lean on a tired cliché.
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Can Rachel Reeves win the argument?
The Budget will seek to define Britain’s past – and its future.
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Labour’s Budget dilemma
The tension between a pledge to limit tax rises and the party’s rule against borrowing for day-to-day spending is showing.
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Taking on the Treasury
Rachel Reeves has more power than any chancellor in recent history. She should use it.
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Will Rachel Reeves’ tax gamble pay off?
The Chancellor knows that Labour’s re-election depends on improving public services.
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Rachel Reeves: Richest will bear the brunt of Budget tax rises
In an exclusive interview to be published in next week’s New Statesman, the Chancellor reveals her fiscal priorities.
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