Nicky Shaw

4 weeks ago | theconversation.com | Shampa Roy-Mukherjee |Jamie Gaskarth |Linda Yueh |Nicky Shaw |Simon Williams |Steve Schifferes | +1 more

Not even six months on from Labour’s first budget, and the world is a much-changed place. Geopolitical tensions and uncertainties, already high last year, have risen further, and with them the cost of the UK’s debt, while economic growth has stalled. As such, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confronted an array of unpalatable choices – notably cutting disability benefits – to enable her to increase defence spending and stabilise the public finances.

4 weeks ago | theconversation.com | Shampa Roy-Mukherjee |Jamie Gaskarth |Linda Yueh |Nicky Shaw |Simon Williams |Steve Schifferes | +1 more

Not even six months on from Labour’s first budget, and the world is a much-changed place. Geopolitical tensions and uncertainties, already high last year, have risen further, and with them the cost of the UK’s debt, while economic growth has stalled. As such, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confronted an array of unpalatable choices – notably cutting disability benefits – to enable her to increase defence spending and stabilise the public finances.