Kate Andrews Kate Andrews

Two problems with Rachel Reeves’s bid to woo businesses

Rachel Reeves (Credit: Getty images)

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised to tackle what businesses tend to fear the most: instability. ‘In recent years, corporation tax has gone up and down like a yo-yo, while the government has papered over the cracks with short-term fixes like the super-deduction,’ Reeves told the manufacturing group Make UK’s annual conference this morning.

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