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Britain is back, and the world wants a piece
When Rachel Reeves opened the door to No 11 three weeks ago, she walked into a ghastly scene. Empty vodka bottles, ashtrays full of cigarettes, accounts books covered in doodles. In the safe there was a stack of old lottery tickets where the cash and bonds …