Reeves is good but not yet great on Budget and on Brexit

GOOD to read that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is at least willing to publicly recognise that leaving the European Union has proven worse for the UK economy and productivity than the official watchdog, the OBR, had predicted ('Brexit has made the UK economy weaker, Bristol Post, October 22).

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Good, but not great. I welcomed signs Labour might be more forthright about Brexit’s harm (Labour's Brexit rethink must also be echoed by our local MPs, Letters & Opinion - also October 22). But great would have been if Ms Reeves had told us what the Government is going to do about it.

After all, the OBR’s (Office for Budget Responsibility) updated forecasts will be published alongside her November 26 Budget.

The Labour leadership has received positive coverage in recent weeks from sympathetic media outlets for finally being more honest about Brexit’s failures. But it’s only been saying in the last fortnight what many of its natural supporters have wanted to hear for years.