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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent

Spending review fails to impress former Labour supporters in West Yorkshire town

Maggie and David Moore sitting on a bench
Maggie and David Moore were critical of Labour’s previous decision to change the eligibility rules for the winter fuel payment, which it has now U-turned on. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Guardian

“Nothing worries me,” said David Moore, puffing on a large cigar in Morley town centre, about five miles from the middle of Leeds.

The 80-year-old was reacting to Rachel Reeves’s spending review, in which the chancellor pledged to turn the tide after “14 years of mismanagement and decline”.

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