John McDonnell on where Rachel Reeves is going wrong
6 days ago · John McDonnell on where Rachel Reeves is going wrong. The veteran socialist and former shadow chancellor speaks out from political exile. ... “We’ll let John McDonnell back, but what we want is a smooth, reticent, safe John McDonnell”, that’s not likely to happen. Given that things like the two-child cap are going to come back for sure ...
'Politically Suicidal': John McDonnell Warns Reeves Spending …
Jan 14, 2025 · John McDonnell has warned Rachel Reeves that any public spending cuts would be “politically suicidal” and risk tipping the UK into recession. The former shadow chancellor said Labour should...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves warned against public spending cuts ...
Jan 14, 2025 · Cuts to public services would be "politically suicidal" and undermine Labour's support, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been warned. John McDonnell, the former Shadow Chancellor, also suggested...
Reeves committing ‘political suicide’ if she orders spending cuts ...
Jan 14, 2025 · Embattled Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been given a stern warning by ex Labour Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell not to impose big welfare cuts to head off the economic crisis.
Ministers warned to stop the rush to ‘political suicide’
Jan 14, 2025 · STOP the rush to “political suicide” ministers were told today as they prepared a fresh round of spending cuts. Leading left MP and former shadow chancellor John McDonnell issued the warning to Rachel Reeves as the Chancellor returned from her China trip to confront the bond market crisis.
Mass action is needed to halt Rachel Reeves’s suicide mission
Jan 14, 2025 · Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, September 23, 2024 JOHN McDONNELL is right. This government looks to be set on a suicide course from which the main likely beneficiary will be Reform UK.
What the left gets wrong about Rachel Reeves - New Statesman
Jan 21, 2025 · If Rachel Reeves imagined her repeated insistence that Labour’s “iron-clad” commitment to sound public finances would spare her the fate of Stafford Cripps, Jim Callaghan and Denis Healey, she had another thing coming.
Spending cuts would be ‘political suicide’ and turn voters to …
Jan 14, 2025 · Early decisions taken by the Labour leadership “tied” the party’s hands “unnecessarily”, John McDonnell has said. The former shadow chancellor and frontbench colleague of the prime minister insisted the “strictures we placed upon ourself need to …
How much danger is Rachel Reeves in? - New Statesman
Jan 13, 2025 · Reeves’ aides are phlegmatic about the increasing speculation over her future (“it comes with the course,” one said). But the Chancellor now faces perhaps the greatest test of her political career.
UK politics live: Reeves warned more cuts would be ‘political
Embattled Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been given a stern warning by ex Labour Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell not to impose big welfare cuts to head off the economic crisis.