Rachel Reeves’s big tax-and-spend budget dissected – podcast

The Guardian - The Guardianmp;#146;s special correspondent Heather Stewart analyses Labourmp;#146;s first budget in government for more than 14 yearsOn Wednesday the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, set out the Labour governmentmp;#146;s debut budget in parliament. She told the House of Commons that Labour would mp;#147;rebuild Britainmp;#148;, promising more money for the NHS, schools and public transport.mp;#147;In 1945 it was the Labour party that rebuilt our country from the rubble of the second world war. In 1964 it was the Labour party that rebuilt Britain with the white heat of technology. And in 1997 it was the ...