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Katrine Bussey

Swinney accuses Reeves of ‘channelling Thatcher’ with financial reforms

Chancellor Rachel Reeves set out sweeping financial reforms in her Mansion House speech (Ian West/PA) - (PA Wire)

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been accused of “channelling” Margaret Thatcher with new financial reforms – with Scotland’s First Minister saying her “extraordinary” actions show the UK economy “does not work for Scotland”.

John Swinney hit out in the wake of Ms Reeves’s Mansion House speech which contained a package of reforms aimed at attracting more investment to the UK.

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