The Lead's budget verdict: technocratic tweaks to a broken system

Lifting the two-child benefit cap is welcome, but Rachel Reeves' tax and spend plans fall far short of the financial shake up this country needs

Cabinet meeting ahead of the Budget in 10 Downing Street. Picture by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street

Firstly: I’m sorry to say, but this Budget wasn’t for you.

I know you think it might have been, should have been, but it’s not. Not really.

You see, this Budget was built for two audiences: the markets and Labour’s own backbenches. Nothing in today’s …