Reeves has faced a new warning on the implications of a wealth tax.
Reeves can’t keep blaming the last government or global headwinds for doubling inflation – it’s a result of her own policies, says Gareth Davies
When the Conservatives left office in 2024, Britain was emerging from an incredibly challenging chapter in our history. Together we navigated the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, subsequent supply-chain shocks and extreme energy-price volatility. It was a monumental national task to rein in inflation.
All of these challenges were global in origin. Every advanced economy wrestled with the same forces. The impact was profound, with commodity and energy inflation spilling into transport, food prices and rents. It was tough, but in the end we saw inflation in the UK fall from a peak o