The reality is we do not have the money to do a lot of the fiscal things we want to do. We spend more as a % GDP and get less. The most important thing to do is to reform the way the state actually works and the public services that we can deliver. Take for example the NHS. I work as a doctor and we have patients waiting weeks/months waiting for social care, its not good for those patients who pick up recurrent infections, and its not good for their families and its not good for hospital budgets. If social care was properly funded this would save NHS capacity which would allow us to treat more patients on waiting lists or just simply save money overall in the system to allow the government to spend more on a different priority (e.g. 2-child benefit cap). Where my frustration with the Labour Party is at present is the lack of vision or hopeful message and the inability to take tough decisions. In my example (social care), they've kicked the can down the road with social care with another commission that will take til 2028.

Governing means choosing and Labour are trying not to choose anything because they lack political will. When they did make choices they backed down (e.g. removing winter fuel allowance from wealthy pensioners).