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Rachel Reeves: Why is she suddenly in a rush, asks Laura Kuenssberg

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Rachel Reeves wants to get rid of barriers to business and make it harder for green groups to put brakes on big development.

She's easing off plans to make life more expensive for wealthy non-doms and is expected to approve new airport runways and cut welfare.

It doesn't sound much like her Budget in October , in which she raised whopping taxes, increased spending on public services and reminded us how much trouble the economy was in.

Former Labour minister asks: How long will it take for changes to drip through the doorsteps of my constituency where people are living in crowded rented flats, and can't afford the supermarkets? One union leader calls this a "cross your fingers behind your back moment". Change takes time and the economy might need patience but politics isn't always prepared to wait.

VR Score

75

Informative language

73

Neutral language

20

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

39

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

2

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