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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke

Minister doubles down on Reeves’ doom warning: ‘We will do what’s right for the future of our economy’

Cabinet minister Bridget Phillipson has doubled down after the chancellor issued a stark warning over the state of Britain’s ailing economy, saying she would make tough choices to put it back on a secure footing in the long term.

The education secretary admitted there are “major problems” plaguing the economy, saying that the government will do what is “necessary” to remedy them.

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