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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Harry Taylor

Labour does not deserve to win next election without change, Reeves says

Reeves at the dispatch box
Rachel Reeves had been speaking at the Edinburgh fringe festival. Labour is now in third place in Scotland on 19% vote share, behind Reform UK on 22% and the SNP on 29%. Photograph: House of Commons/Reuters

Labour does not “deserve” to win the next election if it does not change the country, Rachel Reeves has said, as she acknowledged some voters were disappointed with the party’s record since entering government.

The chancellor said she understood the unhappiness felt by some voters towards a government that has U-turned on winter fuel allowance and welfare policies in recent months.

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