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The Economist
The Economist
15 Jan 2025


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Labour’s credibility trap

Who can believe Rachel Reeves? 

If the Labour Party had a two-word pitch going into the last general election, it was “economic credibility”. Rachel Reeves, the then shadow chancellor, said it at every turn. Labour was “the party of economic credibility”, said Ms Reeves in one interview. “Out of the wreckage of Tory misrule, Labour will restore our economic credibility,” declared the shadow chancellor in another speech. There would be no tax rises on working people, Ms Reeves told Middle England. There would be no spending cuts, she reassured her base. And there would be iron-clad fiscal rules, she warned one-and-all.

Illustration of a man with a suit and moustache with his bowler hat pulled over his eyes

Britain is becoming a well-mannered but deceitful society

Technology and sloppy government are to blame


 A homeless man asks for small change, Manchester, UK.

Homelessness in England has risen by 26% in the past five years

Manchester demonstrates how hard it will be to tackle


Why have Britain’s bond yields jumped sharply?

Mostly, blame Donald Trump. But Labour’s policies haven’t helped

The phenomenon of sexual strangulation in Britain

A survey suggests the risky practice is more common than you might think

The decline in remote working hits Britain’s housing market

A return to the office means a return to town