Faisal Islam: Don't expect rabbits, it will be a boffins' Budget

Jessica Taylor/ReutersThere is no special Budget red box commissioned for Rachel Reeves when, mid-morning on Wednesday, she becomes the first woman to brandish one outside Number 11.There will be no such frills, few jokes and don’t expect a big rabbit out of the hat.The number crunchers, bean counters, and abacus economists, so derided by Liz Truss, have taken back control. In that reused Red Box will be a…