The Good, the Bad and the Unrealistic in Rachel Reeves's second Mais lecture

The Good, the Bad and the Unrealistic in Rachel Reeves's second Mais lecture

The Good, the Bad and the Unrealistic in Rachel Reeves's second Mais lecture sam.macrory Thu, 19/03/2026 - 10:19 There is welcome consistency to be found in the chancellor’s growth approach. 6 Comment Giles Wilkes Institute for Government Yes Chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers the Mais Lecture, setting set out her "three big choices" for the decade to come: deepening ties with the EU, expanding AI and other technology, and "grow…

What makes Rachel Reeves think she should be picking winners?

Rachel Reeves’ vision for an “active and strategic” state is just old fashioned dirigisme with a new name, says Emmanuel Igwe A few hours before her Mais lecture this week, the chancellor had told Faisal Islam in an interview that she “so believed in an active and strategic state… working with working people to shape the economy not just to let the market determine our future.” Later in her lecture, she would reiterated this as the philosophy of…