Rachel Reeves’ fraught balancing act
The Chancellor will now be forced to contemplate tax rises.
ByRachel Reeves
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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Would a wealth tax work?
It wouldn’t be straightforward, but such a measure is possible.
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Last chance for the Chancellor
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Is the government really igniting growth?
Whether or not the Labour government achieve its overarching will define its record.
Why Rachel Reeves has chosen cuts
The Chancellor doesn’t see Germany’s “war Keynesianism” as a model to emulate.
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Whiplash on the Labour benches
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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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’ growth 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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