Rachel Reeves bans the A-word
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
ByRachel Reeves
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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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’ 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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