9 hours ago · United Kingdom
Tories dismiss PM’s budget ‘everyday fixes’ as little more than ‘cheaper gherkins’, and ‘an insult to families’ – UK politics live

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Removing tariffs on more than 100 products, including gherkins and baked beans, was one of five measures announced this morning before tomorrow’s budget When Andy Burnham opened a debate on revising the Brexit settlement in his Labour conference speech, he did so on the basis of a simple proposition. He…
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