Keir Starmer has appointed his cabinet, but who are the men and women who will be running Britain? The Spectator‘s writers, including Katy Balls, Kate Andrews and James Heale give the run down on Labour’s top team:
Chancellor: Rachel Reeves
Kate Andrews: It is not strictly true to say that the government is out of money. Rachel Reeves is entering a Treasury that is taxing and spending at record levels. But the new Chancellor still has some very difficult choices to make, as it becomes increasingly clear that spending commitments have far-exceeded what the country can currently afford.
Reeves is expected to play hardball with her colleagues who want to turn on the spending taps. Having started her career as an economist at the Bank of England, the Leeds West and Pudsey MP has deliberately branded herself as someone who doesn’t bend the rules. She remains committed to getting debt falling as a percentage of GDP in the medium term and promises not to borrow more money for day-to-day spending.
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