The £40 billion gamble
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The Times
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🗓️ 31 October 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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The Chancellor Rachel Reeves has raised taxes by £40 billion in the first Labour budget in fourteen years. Does it ‘fix the foundations’ or does it punish ‘working people’?
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