On Wednesday morning, Rachel Reeves, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, delivered a wide-ranging defence of her party’s time in power and unveiled a series of investments and initiatives that spanned everything from building Europe’s Silicon Valley to reforming immigration. Reeves touted the work that had been done by a painful budget to bring back stability to Britain’s public finances. She highlighted the enormous changes that were underway to the country’s planning regime as well as the ongoing reset of relations with the European Union. Crucially, she concluded on what had become a very badly kept secret over the past…

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