Dept of Getting-What-You-Deserve: Rachel Reeves’s freebie excuses aren’t working.
After a Housing Minister in her own political party appeared to criticise her in a radio interview, the BBC’s Politics Live had another debate about the Chancellor’s decision to take free tickets to a Sabrina Carpenter concert.
It did not go well for Ms Reeves, and it seems this controversy may overshadow her Spring Statement.
See for yourself. Participants are Reeves herself, Laura Kuennsberg, Jo Coburn, Matthew Pennycook, Andrew Griffith and Reem Ibrahim:
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Rachel Reeves’s freebie excuses aren’t working
Dept of Getting-What-You-Deserve: Rachel Reeves’s freebie excuses aren’t working.
After a Housing Minister in her own political party appeared to criticise her in a radio interview, the BBC’s Politics Live had another debate about the Chancellor’s decision to take free tickets to a Sabrina Carpenter concert.
It did not go well for Ms Reeves, and it seems this controversy may overshadow her Spring Statement.
See for yourself. Participants are Reeves herself, Laura Kuennsberg, Jo Coburn, Matthew Pennycook, Andrew Griffith and Reem Ibrahim:
Buy Cruel Britannia in print here. Buy the Cruel Britannia ebook here. Or just click on the image!
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