Reeves accused the previous Conservative authorities led by Rishi Sunak of spending cash that “was not there”, contributing to the £22bn fiscal gap, which she stated would pose dangers “for years to return” if not tackled now.
Nonetheless, the chancellor added that “there shall be no return to austerity” due to the harm carried out in earlier years.
Reeves advised spending cuts will ‘repeat the errors of the previous’
However, she described years of Conservative rule as a “a damaging alternative for our public providers and for funding and progress too”, forcing the present authorities to consid…