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Don’t Bet on the Manifesto Surviving the Budget

Rachel Reeves bolstered her authority with her party, but we’re none the wiser about her tax plans.

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer 

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The Labour party conference is ongoing. But the bit that we’re most interested in (for want of a better word) as investors and savers is over. UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves gave a speech yesterday.