How Rachel Reeves Is Planning A Fresh Round Of Spending Cuts Amid The Growing Economic Gloom

Rachel Reeves is a woman under pressure.

Be careful what you wish for.

Rachel Reeves spent three years as shadow chancellor planning for the day when she would finally become the first female resident of 11 Downing Street.

Businesses were wooed and voters were told that Labour was “ready to serve, ready to lead, ready to rebuild Britain”.

All that hard work came to fruition last July when, after 14 years of the Tories’ economic under-performance, the country finally decided...