Guess Who: UK Ministers Write to Starmer to Protest Spending Cuts

Update: 2024-10-17

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Bloomberg reports on cabinet ministers writing to Prime Minister Keir Starmer about their alarm over planned spending cuts, in an unusual step bypassing Chancellor Rachel Reeves. Bloomberg's associate editor Ailbhe Rea discusses her exclusive story on the divisions within the government over possible cuts to department budgets, which some minister call 'ridiculous'. Anchored by Bloomberg's Caroline Hepker and James Woolcock.

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Guess Who: UK Ministers Write to Starmer to Protest Spending Cuts

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Guess Who: UK Ministers Write to Starmer to Protest Spending Cuts

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Guess Who: UK Ministers Write to Starmer to Protest Spending Cuts