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Labour is hemmed in in all directions - and Rachel Reeves is banking on planning reform to bring growth

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26.03.2025

24 March 2025, 16:56 | Updated: 25 March 2025, 08:41

By Andrew Marr

Do you remember that old slogan - whoever you vote for, the government always gets in? Or, to quote the anarchist Emma Goldman, if voting changed anything, they’d make it illegal?

Well, a lot of people in the country and on the left of the labour party are feeling that way ahead of the spring statement this week - yet more cuts, instead of high taxes on the rich or more borrowing.

If we had a Tory government right now, they’d be doing much the same thing.

Frankly, I think if Reform were in power, so would they. Even some Labour MPs are asking quietly, what’s the point of the Labour Party? Well, I’d like you to think about this in a........

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