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Labour’s economic plans explained as Rachel Reeves accuses government of ‘gaslighting’

Source: PA Wire

Labour’s Rachel Reeves has accused the government of “gaslighting” the country on the economy and says her party will focus on boosting growth if it acheives power at the next election.

In a speech in the City of London, Rachel Reeves said her party would use every day to “expose what the Conservatives have done to our country” and criticised the government’s claim that Britain has “turned a corner”.

The shadow chancellor recently has outlined her party’s plans to fund key policies by pursuing tax dodgers and further tightening the rules around ‘non-doms’ in the UK.

the proposed changes would enable a Labour government to provide vital funding to the NHS, as well as fund its policy on breakfast

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