Weapons vs welfare: Rachel Reeves Spring Declaration | Work
Rachel Reeves said his government concerned growth. But while he got up to give his spring declaration, it was clear that green sprouts could not yet be seen. The UK growth predictions for this year had been halved, leaving the chancellor with a problem.
It was a new world of global insecurity, he said, but his response was not to increase taxes or break his tax rules. Instead, he would have made great cuts, including well -being. Senior political correspondent Peter Walker He explains what he announced and the decisions he made.
With an increase in expenditure for defense and government decisions that mean that more than 3 million people could lose cuts to the benefits, many Work The parliamentarians are unhappy. They said it Helen Pidd Because they believe that Rachel Reeves made the wrong choices.
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