Giving a statement of economic policy is always fraught with danger for any opposition politician and even more so for a Labour politician in the run up to a general election. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves gave the Mais lecture in March 2024 before Labour came to power. Her speech gave us strong clues as to what kind of Chancellor she would prove to be. In this collection, Dan Corry, Aveek Bhattacharya, Matthew Watson, Aled Davies and Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni give their analyses.