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Unions slam Reeves cuts and urge wealth tax
Protesters on Whitehall in London, as Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers her spring statement to MPs in the House of Commons, London, March 26, 2025
UNIONS and campaigners united today to demand that Chancellor Rachel Reeves abandons her attack on the disabled.
Responding to the fresh cuts to benefits outlined in her Spring Statement, they urged Ms Reeves to boost taxes on the rich instead of targeting the most vulnerable.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham warned that Labour was pursuing “austerity mark two” and asked: “Why is it always everyday people that have to pay the price? It is simply wrong.
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