Sidelining Reeves now is a big gamble

Sidelining Reeves now is a big gamble

Keir Starmer’s mini reshuffle has sidelined Rachel Reeves just as the markets need a show of faith, writes Helen Thomas It only took one year, two fiscal events, three per cent plus inflation, four chiefs of staff, five directors of communication and long end gilt yields at a 27-year high for the Prime Minister to decide he should have a chief economic adviser. A man who is happiest hugging fellow leaders at global summits has decided to take ba…