OPINION - Rachel Reeves's impossible choice: Truss or Osborne?

Liz Truss or George Osborne? For Rachel Reeves, neither is exactly her political lodestar. From a Labour perspective, the former moved far too fast with her 'mini-Budget' and in doing so sparked a run on gilts. In contrast, the latter slowly strangled the UK economy with cuts to capital spending and fired the starting gun on a precipitous decline in public services. Yet, as the Budget – by far the biggest moment of this parliament – approaches, the chancellor appears stuck somewhere between the two.