Apologies for mangling Jane Austen's famous line but it seems appropriate. Rachel Reeves inherited a mess from the Tories but she's only made it worse and yes, Pride and Prejudice does come into it.

As UK economics editor, my life for the last week has felt a lot like surrealist movie Being John Malkovich — but with Rachel ...

Under-fire Rachel Reeves today boasted she can still be the 'Iron Chancellor' as she insisted Britain would be in a worse position if she had not hiked taxes. The Chancellor sounded defiance in ...