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Some of the county’s biggest chains have signed a letter to the Chancellor sent by trade body British Retail Consortium.

The Independent looks at Rachel Reeves’ options as she looks to fill the gaping hole in Britain’s public finances this autumn

More than 80,000 jobs in the sector have disappeared since April’s National Insurance Contributions rise

The Chancellor said that her priority was getting ‘our economy firing off all cylinders’.

COMMENT: Party strategists are busy working out how to escape the chancellor’s doom loop of tax rises – and to crush damaging speculation about her boss’s ability to lead his party into the next general election. But the race to replace the PM may already have begun, says Andrew Grice

Labour chancellor has been warned of a £50bn black hole in the government’s finances and that inflation will see consumers hit with higher prices this winter

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Labour prime minister pledged that plans to be set out in the autumn would make ‘sure people feel better off’

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Rachel Reeves must use her autumn Budget to set aside manifesto commitments and put the public finances on a more sustainable footing. The most reliable and economically sound way is the most straightforward – and the most politically difficult