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Reeves is outrageously complacent on economic growth

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05.03.2026

Thursday 05 March 2026 5:29 am  |  Updated:  Wednesday 04 March 2026 6:04 pm

Reeves is outrageously complacent on economic growth

By: Christian May

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Reeves delivers her spring statement. House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

The dust has settled on the Chancellor’s pointless Spring Statement and, if anything, it looks even worse in the rear-view mirror than it did in real time. Yesterday, top think-tanks and policy wonks chewed over the claims made by Rachel Reeves in her panglossian speech to MPs, and they don’t appear to be overly impressed.

While Reeves said that people will be £1,000 a year better off by the next election, the Joseph........

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