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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nicholas Cecil

Keir Starmer gives full backing to Rachel Reeves as he claims AI can double UK productivity in a few years

Sir Keir Starmer gave his full backing to Chancellor Rachel Reeves despite the UK’s economic woes and claimed productivity could be doubled by AI in less than five years.

He insisted that the Chancellor was doing a “fantastic job” despite the controversy over her autumn Budget and the Pound falling further in value on Monday, with the cost of Government borrowing hitting a new high.

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