After Labour’s dour start, there’s still hope for sunshine from Starmer and Reeves | Jonathan Freedland

The big bet is that cuts in interest rates boost growth. In the meantime, small but meaningful gestures could help soothe the public moodIt’s hard to say that the honeymoon is over, because it never really began. You can’t blame Labour for that: it warned voters before the election not to get their hopes up, and it has stood firm against the menace of optimism ever since. Keir Starmer’s idea of whispering sweet nothings into the nation’s ear is to tell them that, “F