Rachel Reeves aims to find £40bn in tax rises and spending cuts in budget
Filling £22bn funding shortfall inherited from Tories only enough ‘to keep public services standing still’, ministers told• UK politics live – latest updatesRachel Reeves aims to make £40bn worth of tax rises and spending cuts in the budget, government sources have indicated.The chancellor told a political cabinet meeting on Tuesday that filling the £22bn funding shortfall that Labour says it inherited from the Conservatives was only enough “to keep public services standing still”. Continue reading...
Filling £22bn funding shortfall inherited from Tories only enough ‘to keep public services standing still’, ministers told
• UK politics live – latest updates
Rachel Reeves aims to make £40bn worth of tax rises and spending cuts in the budget, government sources have indicated.
The chancellor told a political cabinet meeting on Tuesday that filling the £22bn funding shortfall that Labour says it inherited from the Conservatives was only enough “to keep public services standing still”. Continue reading...