Reeves looks to welfare cuts and tax rises as public finances appear ‘as bad as we thought’

Reeves looks to welfare cuts and tax rises as public finances appear ‘as bad as we thought’

“The fact that this is being resurrected now suggests the state of the public finances is as bad as we thought.”

Reeves says she “can’t leave welfare untouched” despite having been “burnt” by cuts before; a sign that the economy “really is bad”, says The Sunday Times’s Caroline Wheeler.

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