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Labour’s First Budget in 15 Years: A Historic Day, or Just a Mild Stretch?

Labour’s First Budget in 15 Years: A Historic Day, or Just a Mild Stretch?

Rachel Reeves brings a welcome shift - but can gentle tweaks really mend 14 years of Tory wreckage?

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So, I have some thoughts on the budget.

@RachelReevesMP did brilliantly - whatever anyone says, it’s nothing short of historic to see our first female Chancellor deliver Labour’s first budget in fifteen years.

But the real question for me is: has it done enough?

Was it perfect?

Not remotely.

An improvement from the Tories?

By light years (but, of course, that…

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