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Reeves delivers Spring Statement as war rages and markets tremble

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03.03.2026

Tuesday 03 March 2026 5:48 am  |  Updated:  Monday 02 March 2026 6:05 pm

Reeves delivers Spring Statement as war rages and markets tremble

By: Christian May

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Reeves has to deliver the Spring Statement as war rages

Spare a thought for Rachel Reeves. She had hoped to make a Spring Statement that nobody noticed and yet today she has to deliver it as war rages in the Middle East, triggering warnings of energy price shocks, instability and inflation.

There is a very real prospect that the economic forecasts to which the Chancellor will today respond will be upended by the fallout of what Donald Trump last night described as “one of the largest,........

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