Rachel Reeves confronts fiscal challenges amid optimistic forecasts and tax hikes
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Rachel Reeves faces five options to address the UK's strained government finances amid reduced savings forecasts, including waiting for economic growth, adjusting spending plans, reconsidering benefit caps, modifying fiscal rules, or extending tax threshold freezes, all while maintaining fiscal discipline and market stability.
- Rachel Reeves' five choices to turn government finances around BBC
- Rachel Reeves faces £5bn fiscal hole after welfare reform U-turn Financial Times
- OBR admits overly optimistic forecasts — raising chance of a downgrade The Times
- UK budget forecasters say they have been too upbeat, posing a risk for Reeves Reuters
- Reeves is out of options. Brace for six more tax raids The Telegraph
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