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Hammond has ‘utterly abdicated’ Chancellor's responsibilities, McDonnell charges
Labour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell said Hammond's Spring Statement will do ‘nothing to relieve the suffering of millions’
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell makes a speech at Bloomberg in London ahead of the Spring Statement on Wednesday
JOHN McDONNELL laid bare the effects of austerity today, accusing Philip Hammond of “utterly abdicating” responsibility as Chancellor.
Mr Hammond’s Spring Statement tomorrow coincides with MPs voting on whether to pass a no-deal Brexit if they reject PM Theresa May’s Withdrawal Agreement to,orrow.
In a pre-Spring Statement speech at Bloomberg HQ, shadow chancellor Mr McDonnell said he expects Mr Hammond would only have “warm words” about a need for avoiding a no-deal Brexit and “maybe some more rhetoric about the end of austerity.”
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