Electoral Dysfunction
Electoral Dysfunction
Sky News
Can Love Island help Rachel Reeves?
39 minutes Posted Jan 31, 2025 at 4:00 am.
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The chancellor was trying to channel Love Island when she announced her plans for growth this week.

But are her new ideas actually the "bombshell" her advisers hope they'll be? Can they get everyone's attention?

And will the strategy be enough for Rachel Reeves to keep all of the cabinet and the Labour Party on side when so many of them have been opposed to the third runway at Heathrow?

Meanwhile, on the five-year anniversary of Brexit – is Sir Keir Starmer getting closer to Europe?

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