Rachel Reeves will be presenting her Budget on November 26, if the Labour government of which she is a part lasts that long. I will
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Why Rachel Reeves is making a mess of things
I was invited onto LBC Radio this morning to discuss whether we needed a Budget. Presenter Matthew Wright, who seems to be keen to have
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Why Reeves’ November budget is already broken
Rachel Reeves plans to deliver a budget on 26 November — but how can she do that when the Labour government is falling apart? Cabinet
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Growth has disappeared
I have already written about growth this morning and how I frame the issue, which is very different from how I think Rachel Reeves does.
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Tax, Budgets and Scotland
I did this podcast with Xander Elliards of The National on Monday (and I wish they’d told me my lens was dirty: I had no
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Reeves’ rabbit in the headlights moment
I just posted this on Twitter: I can offer no other interpretation for this unprecedented pre-Budget speech at such an unusual time of the day.
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Reeves, and the folly of increasing basic income tax rates
There is much discussion in the media today about Rachel Reeves and tax rises. Rumour has it that Reeves has decided that cuts to public
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What Rachel Reeves is signalling in advance of her budget
Rachel Reeves has published her pre-budget pitch in The Guardian this morning. In it, she claims that the economy has “strong foundations”, that interest rate
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It’s austerity from Reeves
Reeves is delivering austerity for the UK, unless you’re wealthy, when it’s still bonanza time. This is the transcript: It has to be said that
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