After years of stagnation, high taxes and spiralling public spending, Britain risks locking itself into permanent decline. As Rachel Reeves prepares her second Budget, Ewen Stewart, City economist and member of the Growth Commission, sets out a bold plan to reverse course — cutting £105 billion in spending, simplifying taxes, and unleashing private enterprise. He argues that only by shrinking the state, freeing up markets and restoring sound money can Britain return to real growth and prosperity.

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