It has been nearly four months since Labour assumed control of 10 Downing Street and in that time, the new government has faced growing uneasiness among its electorate for what appears to be a lack of change thus far. But as Chancellor Rachel Reeves stepped up to the dispatch box in the House of Commons on Wednesday, the detail of what that change would be finally became clear. Labour plans to raise taxes substantially, pile a lot more capital into public services, and vastly increase the country’s borrowing to pay for strategic long-term investments. All of this would be introduced…

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