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The £40 billion gamble

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The Chancellor Rachel Reeves has raised taxes by £40 billion in the first Labour budget in fourteen years. Does it ‘fix the foundations’ or does it punish ‘working people’?

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Guest: David Smith, Economics Editor, The Sunday Times. 

Host: Manveen Rana. 

Producer: Samantha Chantarasak.

Clips: Parliament live. 

Photo: Times Photographer Richard Pohle. 

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