Speech attempts to take back narrative with talk of ‘years of economic mismanagement’, Brexit and tariffs
Reeves avoids ruling out tax rises as autumn budget looms
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There were two audiences for Rachel Reeves’s hastily arranged early morning speech on Tuesday: the financial markets, and Labour’s disillusioned voters.
As she made clear, though only obliquely, Keir Starmer’s government is considering abandoning its pre-election pledge not to raise income tax, backed into a corner by dire forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
