Britain’s wealthy must shoulder burden of rebuilding ‘creaky’ public services, Rachel Reeves says
Exclusive: Chancellor says she made ‘fair and necessary choices’ in budget, and was unwilling to make cutsBritain’s wealthy must shoulder the burden of paying to rebuild the country’s “creaky” public services, Rachel Reeves has said, as she warned Labour MPs that leadership speculation...
<p>Exclusive: Chancellor says she made ‘fair and necessary choices’ in budget, and was unwilling to make cuts</p><p>Britain’s wealthy must shoulder the burden of paying to rebuild the country’s “creaky” public services, Rachel Reeves has said, as she warned Labour MPs that leadership speculation was bad for the country.</p><p>The chancellor said she had opted to increase taxes by £26bn in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/autumn-budget-2025">this week’s budget</a> to improve schools, hospitals and infrastructure, rejecting calls to “cut our cloth accordingly” after a downgrade in productivity forecasts.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/28/wealthy-shoulder-burden-creaky-public-services-rachel-reeves-chancellor-budget">Continue reading...</a>
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