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Without that data leak, the safe routes would be down by two-thirds (to 3.5k) rather than a quarter (to 7k) in first full year of new govt. The new policy is ostensibly committed to safe routes, but "very modest" of a few hundred, so the 2025 expectation is not to match 2022-24 under last govt
December 1, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Without that data leak, the safe routes would be down by two-thirds (to 3.5k) rather than a quarter (to 7k) in first full year of new govt. The new policy is ostensibly committed to safe routes, but "very modest" of a few hundred, so the 2025 expectation is not to match 2022-24 under last govt
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I don't think that Reeves did meaningfully mislead over the OBR's figures, but if she had, it's a bit like saying the problem with the Titanic is that the room service breakfast arrived cold!
December 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I don't think that Reeves did meaningfully mislead over the OBR's figures, but if she had, it's a bit like saying the problem with the Titanic is that the room service breakfast arrived cold!
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Rachel Reeves's "headroom" is based on:
-£16bn in 'efficiency savings'
-£6bn in savings in order to fund taking SEND off local government backs
-tax rises that largely come in at the end of the forecast
-immigration being at c340k net in 2029!
-£16bn in 'efficiency savings'
-£6bn in savings in order to fund taking SEND off local government backs
-tax rises that largely come in at the end of the forecast
-immigration being at c340k net in 2029!
Suggestion Rachel Reeves exaggerated fiscal pressures is absurd
Chancellor was instead far too optimistic about public finances and government’s ability to secure cuts
www.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Rachel Reeves's "headroom" is based on:
-£16bn in 'efficiency savings'
-£6bn in savings in order to fund taking SEND off local government backs
-tax rises that largely come in at the end of the forecast
-immigration being at c340k net in 2029!
-£16bn in 'efficiency savings'
-£6bn in savings in order to fund taking SEND off local government backs
-tax rises that largely come in at the end of the forecast
-immigration being at c340k net in 2029!
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This budget did not provide increased headroom in a serious way! If you look at the Budget documents for longer than ten minutes you go 'uh, there is a major hole here'.
December 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
This budget did not provide increased headroom in a serious way! If you look at the Budget documents for longer than ten minutes you go 'uh, there is a major hole here'.
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They absolutely would - it's not about ideology or worldview, it's about what she'd do to their polling
December 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM
They absolutely would - it's not about ideology or worldview, it's about what she'd do to their polling
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Not so sure they would reject her.
She blames the deep state for her woes, something Farage loves to complain about, and Farage could well support some aspects of Kwarteng's mini budget.
She blames the deep state for her woes, something Farage loves to complain about, and Farage could well support some aspects of Kwarteng's mini budget.
December 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Not so sure they would reject her.
She blames the deep state for her woes, something Farage loves to complain about, and Farage could well support some aspects of Kwarteng's mini budget.
She blames the deep state for her woes, something Farage loves to complain about, and Farage could well support some aspects of Kwarteng's mini budget.