Five ways the budget shows Rachel Reeves is thinking long-term more than the Tories ever did
- Written by Nathan Critch, Research Associate, Department of Politics, University of Manchester
Chancellor Rachel Reeves presented Labour’s first budget in 14 years by promising to put an “end to short-termism”.
British governments typically see budgets as an opportunity to present policies providing short-term gain in terms of public popularity, even if they do little to improve Britain’s long-term economic...