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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Heather Stewart Economics editor

Rachel Reeves unapologetic on her fiscal rules while talking up investment

Rachel Reeves at the Labour party conference
‘We chose investment,’ said Rachel Reeves Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images

“Never let anyone tell you that there’s no difference between a Labour government and a Conservative government.” Rachel Reeves used her speech in Liverpool to draw a sharp dividing line with her Tory predecessors – and with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.

In a restatement of Labour’s early achievements in government, received as a tonic by the party faithful in the hall, the chancellor pointed to a slew of spending promises.

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