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Spotlight turns on Reeves – and the state of our economy

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We haven’t heard much from Rachel Reeves so far this year – probably a deliberate strategy – but is the Chancellor set to make waves next week at the Spring Statement?

My fear is that a low-key Spring Statement followed by political turmoil in the Labour party – basically a given with local elections just a few months away – will mean we face at best another year of managed decline or, at worst, a harsh leftward turn from a government that has already demonstrated that it doesn’t have a clue how to grow the economy. 

Reeves has been keeping a low profile, but the spotlight is about to turn on her.


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