While Labour is stuck in chaos of its own making, doubts and speculation will continue to swirl over the future of Rachel Reeves

Budget came we had a hike on employer National Insurance contributions, effectively a tax on jobs. Aren’t jobs a good thing?

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Farmers were clobbered by inheritance tax changes, threatening the future of family farms. It’s an open secret at Westminster that Environment Secretary Steve Reed hated the idea but his objections were ignored.

And the Chancellor was heavily involved in the later decision to remove Personal Independence Payments from hundreds of thousands of people with a disability or long-term illness, part of a package of benefit changes which the Government says will increase poverty by 250,000 people.

Where’s the good news? What is the country getting in return for all this pain?