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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Pippa Crerar and Heather Stewart

Reeves gambles on ‘renewing Britain’ to win trust of voters and see off Reform

Rachel Reeves speaks to a nurse.
The health service received 90% of the increase in day-to-day spending over the next three years. Photograph: Carl Court/AP

Rachel Reeves has gambled billions of pounds of infrastructure spending on “renewing Britain” before the next election but faces a challenge to convince voters Labour can deliver change amid deep cuts to everyday spending.

The chancellor admitted that “too many people in too many parts of our country” were yet to feel the benefits of the change they voted for when Labour was swept to power with a huge majority last year.

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