By Richard Merrin

It was inevitable, wasn’t it? When the economic narrative starts to wobble, call in the spin doctor.

Enter Tim Allan - former Blair adviser, ‘Remain’ stalwart, and now the man apparently steering the Government’s message machine.

His fingerprints are all over the latest line from Rachel Reeves and her team: that the country’s economic woes are, in large part, still the fault of Brexit.

This is a convenient story, certainly. It provides a tidy scapegoat for disappointing forecasts, tough choices and faltering confidence.

But it is also a cynical and short-sighted strategy. Reeves’ problem isn’t Brexit: it’s credibility. And bringing in a PR man to sell excuses instead of solutions only underlines that weakness.

Blaming Brexit in 2025........

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