The provincial working class is being abandoned by Labour
The Budget proved it – the Treasury can’t be trusted to reverse the inequality of poorer regions with London.
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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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Has Rachel Reeves missed the bus?
Lifting the fare cap was better politics than it was policy.
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The black-hole blame game
Were Labour's tax rises planned all along, or did the Tories force its hand?
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Why the Budget has cheered Scottish Labour
The SNP can no longer claim that little divides Keir Starmer’s government from the Conservatives.
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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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The UK has moved closer to European social democracy
Rachel Reeves is increasing taxes, investment and regulation in pursuit of a different economic model.
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Rishi Sunak’s angry farewell
In his last Commons performance, the former prime minister showed a new side to himself.
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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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The rentier economy should be Labour’s priority in this Budget
The manifesto promise on leasehold reform must not be broken.
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Will Labour pay for its inconsistency on tax and spend?
If public services fail to improve, the government will be politically vulnerable.
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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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Labour has laid a trap for the Tories
The Budget will be used to cast the next Conservative leader as a threat to public services.
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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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