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Ministers warned to stop the rush to ‘political suicide’

Ministers warned to stop the rush to ‘political suicide’

STOP the rush to “political suicide” ministers were told today as they prepared a fresh round of spending cuts.

Leading left MP and former shadow chancellor John McDonnell issued the warning to Rachel Reeves as the Chancellor returned from her China trip to confront the bond market crisis.

Mr McDonnell, presently suspended from the Labour whip for opposing the cruel two-child benefit cap, told BBC radio: “There is obviously a problem.

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