#uk-budget

#uk-budget

Keir Starmer is tightening his grip on economic policy by beefing up a committee that will help shape the 26 November budget. Pensions minister Torsten Bell and Starmer's new chief economic adviser, Minouche Shafik, will co-chair the budget board, that will meet weekly to discuss the details of the statement. Government sources said the meetings were aimed at ensuring No 10 and No 11 were aligned and that there was not a repeat of the backlash from businesses that followed Rachel Reeves's maiden budget.

Reeves will get fired or fall on her sword in the next 12 months. She'll make a balls of the Budget and I don't think she'll still be there at Christmas. They'll have a new chancellor with a three-and-a-half-year run into the next election who can move away from these unsustainable commitments that they won't raise taxes.