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Your Voice, Your ѿý News: The Budget
5 Live listeners chat to Nicky Campbell…
5 Live listeners chat to Nicky Campbell…
Addressing the Commons as Britain's first female chancellor, Rachel Reeves pledged to make good on Labour’s promise to voters in July’s general election.
This Budget, Reeves declared at the top of her speech, will "drive economic growth" and “invest, invest, invest”.
What followed was a real “kitchen-sink” Budget, as our economics editor Faisal Islam put it - piled high with big spending plans and tax decisions.