That was a strange way of saying that the Conservatives were doing what Labour would have done if it had been in power.
The main trap” is the postponement of deep cuts in public spending until after the next election. That means that Labour will find it hard to promise public sector largesse at the election because the Tories and journalists will ask: Where will the money come from?”
But that is just as much a trap for the government, which is proposing to go into the election promising what is bound to be labelled austerity”. Not only that, but there are still some tax rises to come: Jeremy Hunt announced that the cut in stamp duty will be reversed in 2025. As an election-winning message, vote for austerity and tax rises” lacks an obvious appeal.
Perhaps Reeves regards people asking her what Labour would do instead as a trap, but you would have thought that answering that question was the job of a party presenting itself as an alternative government.
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