Reeves targets Farage as Labour pitches stability against 'easy answers'

"Every time on every issue, it is Labour that is standing up for working people and standing up for our national interest."

"This is a fight that we must win, and it is a fight that we will win."

"We've had two forecasts a year for I think 50 years, way predating the OBR, and the large majority of other countries have two forecasts ... I certainly think they should do two forecasts a year."

"don't let anyone tell you there is not a difference between a Labour government and a Conservative government"

Rachel Reeves positioned Labour as defending working people and national interests against Nigel Farage and Reform UK, calling them the single greatest threat to Britain’s way of life and living standards. Reeves contrasted Labour’s focus on economic stability and long-term planning with Reform’s "easy answers," accused Reform of being "in bed with Vladimir Putin" over Ukraine, and said Farage cheered Liz Truss’s mini-budget. Reeves proposed reducing official fiscal forecasts to one per year, prompting criticism from Paul Johnson who urged retaining two forecasts. Reeves pledged to rebuild Britain’s economic foundations and promised investment in manufacturing.

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