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.
ByRachel Reeves
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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Is Rachel Reeves facing a Liz Truss moment?
Higher borrowing costs should not deter the Chancellor from investing in growth.
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100 days that shook Labour
The government has already squandered the goodwill of voters. Can the Budget revitalise Team Starmer?
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Rachel Reeves’s balancing act
The Chancellor hopes her “tough decisions” will give her freedom to borrow more for investment.
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Rachel Reeves must bet on borrowing to invest
The Chancellor’s shift in position is Labour’s best hope of avoiding political and economic decline.
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What Rachel Reeves can learn from Keynes
The economist’s older, weirder and wilder models could unlock Labour’s investment dilemma.
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Will Rachel Reeves end austerity?
The Chancellor’s definition of halting cuts will be challenged.
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The truth about Labour’s economic doomsaying
Lobby groups say the government’s bleak message has dented business confidence, but spending tells another story.
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How to raise taxes
Labour has the political freedom to make unpopular decisions.
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Rachel Reeves’ great gamble
Labour’s “Iron Chancellor” has staked her credibility on spending cuts. But will she regret it?
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Keir Starmer must tell a better story
The Prime Minister needs to offer hope as well as gloom to prove he really runs Britain.
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Labour faces a winter of discontent over fuel payment cuts
There is anger and anxiety among MPs over Rachel Reeves’s austerity measure.
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Britain’s shock of the new
Keir Starmer’s people are in charge now – and the mood in the country is changed.
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What is Labour’s first-week strategy?
Keir Starmer and company are trying to build early momentum.
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Rachel Reeves wants the Tories to own their legacy
The new Chancellor is following the example of George Osborne by citing “the mess” left by the last government.
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Is Rachel Reeves hiding her real tax plans?
The shadow chancellor is being careful to keep her options open on capital gains and new council tax bands.
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The left power list 2024
The 50 most influential people shaping Britain’s progressive politics.
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