Funding the Future

Rachel Reeves’ Budget is falling apart


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Rachel Reeves increased the minimum wage, the rate of employers’ national insurance and the amount of income on which that charge is levied in her Budget. Now every labour-intensive activity in the country, from the NHS, to teaching and childcare as well as hospitality, and many smaller businesses are rightly complaining. Reeves made a massive mistake. She has to change her mind.

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Funding the FutureBy Richard Murphy