Filling £22bn funding shortfall left by Tories only enough ‘to keep public services standing still’, ministers told
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Rachel Reeves aims to make £40bn worth of tax rises and spending cuts in the budget, government sources have indicated.
The chancellor told a political cabinet meeting on Tuesday that filling the £22bn funding shortfall that Labour says it inherited from the Conservatives was only enough “to keep public services standing still”.
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