Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves denied on Wednesday that she plans to hit pensioners, after Sir Keir Starmer appeared to omit savers from his definition of “working people” who will be shielded from Labour tax hikes.
Ms Reeves also welcomed new data showing that inflation has fallen back to the Bank of England’s target of 2.0% - but insisted there was little to celebrate for millions still suffering from an “acute” cost-of-living crisis.
