I'm not saying she's done a good job. She hasn't. Within days of Labour winning the election, it was clear she was going to be a disaster. Every warning light flashed red. She was ready to hike...
Nobody should cheer that. But it’s impossible to ignore the fact that the Chancellor has made mistake after mistake, with little sign she’s learned from any of them.She tanked sentiment the...
Labour Chancellors are particularly good at it. Today’s Spending Review was Reeves’s first big opportunity to let loose.Spending public money is always more fun than the hard work of saving it,...
For once, she was right. But what happened in practice? We got the taxes, but not the growth.That sums up our hapless Chancellor. What should happen, doesn’t. What shouldn’t happen, does. And...
Pensioners face another blow as Sir Keir Starmer considers downgrading plans to cut fuel bills by insulating millions of homes. Ministers are looking at ways to cut the cost of a promised £6.6...
Since day one, Rachel Reeves has lurched from one mistake to another.Together with Keir Starmer, she decided to run down the economy to pin the blame on the Tories. In doing so, she wrecked sentiment...