Chancellor vows to swerve Tory government planned investment cuts 'mistakes' - reports

Rachel Reeves makes pledge head of Autumn Budget

Sorin Dojan
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised to avoid repeating the former Conservative government’s mistake of scaling down planned investment.

According to a report by the FT, Reeves told reporters on Thursday (3 October) she would not repeat the "mistakes" done by the previous government of not prioritising investment but declined to provide further details about any public investment spending plans. "They were cutting back on investment at exactly the time when we need to be increasing investment in our economy," she added. She argued that she will outline the "the details of the fiscal rules in the Budget" and stressed that "we have to make sure we unlock that space for capital investment". The chancellor's comments ca...

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