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How Rachel Reeves shrank the economy

How Rachel Reeves shrank the economy
friday 10

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Michael Simmons

Is the superflu really ‘unprecedented’?

Is the superflu really ‘unprecedented’?
11.12.2025 7

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Labour is now the party of welfare, not work

04.12.2025 10

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Young people are fleeing Britain

Young people are fleeing Britain
27.11.2025 8

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Rachel Reeves’s Budget is a shambles

Rachel Reeves’s Budget is a shambles
26.11.2025 6

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How bad will Rachel Reeves’s Budget be?

26.11.2025 10

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Britain will never clear its debts

21.11.2025 7

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The greatest threat to the economy? The Employment Rights Bill

20.11.2025 40

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The net migration debacle is a blunder too far for the ONS

18.11.2025 3

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Reality Check: Britain’s data is broken

11.11.2025 3

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Economy / Rachel Reeves is killing the jobs market

11.11.2025 10

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The Bank of England blames Rachel Reeves for pushing up prices

06.11.2025 9

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Datageddon / Britain's stats have become dangerously unreliable

05.11.2025 10

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Datageddon: Britain’s stats have become dangerously unreliable

01.11.2025 9

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Datageddon / Britain's stats have become dangerously unreliable

30.10.2025 10

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Should Reeves raise income tax?

26.10.2025 5

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Introducing: Reality Check

23.10.2025 3

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3.8% / Steady inflation gives Reeves some reprieve

22.10.2025 5

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Debt / Cuts are the only way out of Britain’s doom loop

21.10.2025 3

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Who’s to blame for Britain’s slowing economy?

16.10.2025 8

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How Rachel Reeves can escape the doom loop

10.10.2025 3

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What happened to Reform’s Doge?

07.10.2025 6

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Are the Tories really the party of ‘fiscal prudence’?

06.10.2025 7

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Labour conference / When will Rachel Reeves deliver on her promises?

29.09.2025 4

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Youth unemployment / Will Labour MPs stand for Rachel Reeves’ benefits crackdown?

29.09.2025 10

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The problem with removing the child benefit cap

25.09.2025 2

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What is Andy Burnham talking about?

25.09.2025 3

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Taxed out / Rachel Reeves only has ugly choices

23.09.2025 2

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Rachel Reeves doesn’t get the interest rate cut she was hoping for

18.09.2025 5

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Britain is in a fresh cost-of-living crisis

17.09.2025 10

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Rachel Reeves: destroyer of jobs

16.09.2025 10

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Money / The Budget that could make, or break, Starmer’s government

03.09.2025 8

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How bad is the UK bond crisis?

02.09.2025 4

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The coming crash: the markets have had enough

28.08.2025 10

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Drug bust / Why your weight loss jab is ballooning in price

25.08.2025 10

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Why your weight loss jab is ballooning in price

22.08.2025 10

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Britain is being pulled under by debt

21.08.2025 7

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Why your weight loss jab is ballooning in price

21.08.2025 5

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Britain owes America for its ‘free’ healthcare

21.08.2025 8

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Is inflation here to stay?

20.08.2025 20

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GDP growth proves the Bank of England’s mistakes

15.08.2025 10

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Rachel Reeves must pull Britain from its doom loop

14.08.2025 3

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Scotland / Don’t forget Nicola Sturgeon’s real legacy

11.08.2025 40

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Has the Bank of England forgotten what its job is?

07.08.2025 30

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