Voters are backing Reeves now – but she needs her gamble to pay off before the next election

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The short-term politics of Rachel Reeves’s Budget are clear. Taxes that affect most voters’ pay are not increased. Even the duty on petrol remains unchanged, while the much anticipated extension of the freeze of income tax thresholds was notable by its absence.

Yet, at the same time, spending on public services is increased this year and next – including (above all) on the health service. And there was even a one penny cut in the price of draught beer sold in pubs.

Much of a £40bn…

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