Reeves is utterly trapped by the winter fuel row. It may yet finish her off

Short of political capital and lacking economic room for manoeuvre, the Chancellor is on borrowed time

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Rachel Reeves
Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, has left herself virtually no fiscal space to weather the next economic shock Credit: Andrew Milligan/PA

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