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UK budget plan calms markets and Labour faithful, but will it appeal to voters?

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer future's may also depend on how voters and the financial markets judge the government's budget.

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves speaking in the House of Commons in London on Nov 26.

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Mark Landler

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LONDON – When Britain’s top economic official, Ms Rachel Reeves,

presented the government’s budget

on Nov 26, it was a make-or-break moment for her.

No less on the hook was the man seated behind her, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose future may also depend on how voters and the financial markets judge her plan.

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