Chancellor Reeves Delivers Conference Speech
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is tried her hand as a cheerleader today, declaring there’s light at the end of the tunnel. Though in that tunnel there’ll be budget cuts, a tough spring review, squabbles over freebies, and a showdown with trade unions over her winter fuel payments cut. Things will get worse before they get better…
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— Rachel Reeves (@RachelReevesMP) September 23, 2024
Here are the key takeaways:
- Rachel Reeves and Jonathan Reynolds will introduce their plans for “A New Industrial Strategy for Britain” next month, aimed at fostering sustainable growth in the manufacturing sector.
- Reeves emphasised that “there will be no return to austerity,” committing to a budget with “real ambition”.
- Share wealth across the country, promised that people will see “Shovels in the ground, cranes in the sky, the sounds and the sight of the future, arriving. ” Specific…
- She promised that income tax will not be raised, and working people will not face additional tax burdens. At the same time, they plan to intensify efforts against tax avoidance and evasion, increase levies on oil and gas producers, and eliminate non-dom tax loopholes.
- Defended the private school raid as “the Britain I believe in”.
- Promised to begin the rollout of free breakfast clubs in primary school from April 2025.
- Boasted about settling pay disputes in public services. At the exact moment nurses rejected the government’s pay award of a 5.5% rise…
