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By Eliot Wilson Rachel Reeves first Budget will reveal how the government really sees the economy – and those promises of growth are looking increasingly elusive, says Eliot Wilson “I think we will have to increase taxes in the Budget,” Rachel Reeves told The News Agents podcast last week. This admission by the Chancellor followed her angry revelation in the House of Commons that the nation’s finances were “not sustainable” and that the previous government’s spending was “a risk to economic stability”. The accuracy of this is still being fiercely contested, but there is a broader underlying tr…

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