( ) -q-19- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “downbeat economic messaging.” British Treasury chief Rachel Reeves is pledging not to return to an era of public spending cuts despite the dire state of the U.K.’s national finances. [CutID: <Cuts> UK-TREASURY-CHIEF-house-q-MONam.mp3 Time: 19s Title: UK-TREASURY-CHIEF-house-q-MONam Out-cue: downbeat economic messaging] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. ——————————- VERBATIM: Reeves […]
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Britain’s Treasury chief tries to turn on the economic optimism
( ) -q-19- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “downbeat economic messaging.”
British Treasury chief Rachel Reeves is pledging not to return to an era of public spending cuts despite the dire state of the U.K.’s national finances.
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VERBATIM: Reeves is aiming to reassure Labor party members at their annual conference that her first budget next month won’t be all doom and gloom. The party is gathering in Liverpool three months after returning to power in Britain’s July 4 election. Despite the victory, many delegates are anxious about the government’s faltering start and downbeat economic messaging.