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Labour's Plan For The UK Economy

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Our topic today is Labour's plans for the British economy and how those plans appear to be highly divorced from reality. Which sounds like a big topic. Where do we need to start with this one?

The best place to start might be Rachel Reeves' statement in the budget. She said the only way to deliver economic growth is to invest, invest, invest. The first thing to say is that it's taken as an assumption, without debate or question, that economic growth will solve the problems.

Whether or not that's true, the next question is whether…

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