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Kemi Badenoch: “They are not suddenly going to find the courage to cut spending in the final year of a Parliament right before an…”

On the recordOctober 20, 2026
They are not suddenly going to find the courage to cut spending in the final year of a Parliament right before an election... Investors aren't buying these fictional cuts either.
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Kemi Badenoch
Conservative Party
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bbc.co.uk

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Badenoch expresses skepticism about Labour's spending cuts.

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