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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ben Quinn, Pippa Crerar and Peter Walker

Farage unveils Reform UK’s £140bn pledges that economists say ‘do not add up’

Nigel Farage holds the Reform UK manifesto
A thinktank said plans to fund the spending commitments were based on ‘extremely optimist assumptions’ about growth. Photograph: EPA

Nigel Farage has unveiled a raft of populist pledges, massive tax cuts and £140bn in spending commitments in a Reform UK manifesto that economists said did “not add up”.

The Conservative party, which has struggled to counter the growing Reform threat, accused Farage of being part of a “great entertainment machine” who was not somebody who could govern the country.

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