Allegra Stratton: Should we Defend or Defund the BBC?
Just last week Claudia Winkleman and her sleb gang did their best to make safe the concept of the BBC and the…
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Allegra Stratton: A Budget Grid Blow Up Haunts UK Government
From my time in the Treasury, I remember how long in advance we would draw up the pre-Budget grid: the list…
Allegra Stratton: Labour’s Economic Good News, Election Bad News
The economic news is better for the government this morning than the political news. www.bloomberg.com #Allegra #Stratton #Labours #Economic #Good…
Allegra Stratton: The Bankers, the Bonuses
For a few years, there was no hotter topic in British politics than bankers’ bonuses. They were used as proof of everything…
Allegra Stratton: Can Reeves Keep it Simple at the Budget?
One of the main leaks out of Labour’s conference this year seems to that the government will use the Budget…
Allegra Stratton: Keir Starmer's Recipe for Economic Elixir
It may only be 15 months since the last election, but the battle lines for the next one are already being…
Allegra Stratton: Rachel Reeves’s Hardest Day Is Still Ahead
It says something about the situation that Britain finds itself in that the immediate commentary after Rachel Reeves’s speech at Labour…
Allegra Stratton: The Bond Market vs the Labour Backbench
As a political journalist in my 20s, I covered the end of the last Labour government, and clearly remember their raw…
Allegra Stratton: Royalty Meets Tech Royalty in State Visit
Keir Starmer can’t catch a break. www.bloomberg.com #Allegra #StrattonRoyalty #Meets #Tech #Royalty #State #Visit
Allegra Stratton: The UK is Already Braced for Reeves' Budget
Today the Readout brings you a tale of those leaving, as well as those resolutely staying in. www.bloomberg.com #Allegra #StrattonThe…