In an ideal world Labour will look back at ominshambles of yesterday (haven't used omnishambles in a while - not thrilled that its back) and think again.
IMV they'll never cut enough benefits for Reform/Tory tastes. Doesnt matter that the Tory's reformed diddly when they were in power. Or that Reform play fantasy manifestos. Those voters are busy exchanging FB stories about feckless disabled people going to Lanzarote and driving Range Rovers.
If the Impact Assessment made no difference to those voters then nothing will.
So stop chasing them.
The good news is that there are plenty of centrist and left voters that might show more of an interest.
So try being competent. If you want to reform, follow evidence, produce and draft legislation that actually reforms.
Not cost cutting dressed up as reform.
Because we know from experience under Austerity that those costs 'savings' will just pop up somewhere else - social care and the NHS.
Accept that basing budgets on the Tories fiscal rules isn't workable - the Tories are not a fecking blueprint for management.
If they were austerity wouldn't have become a lingering moral crusade, Brexit wouldn't have happened (so our GDP would have been a hell of a lot healthier) and they wouldnt have cut NI (twice).
The only credit I'll give Reeves is that she has protected capital investment. For all the wanging on about productivity we should know by now (Austerity again) that using capital pots for day to day spending means that we fall behind in infrastructure and equipment. Over the last decade money which should have been spent on investment has been used just to put a bucket under the hole in the roof rather than fixing the roof.
Sorry bit rambling - very short on sleep.