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Trump’s team will show Rachel Reeves how it’s done

14 January 2025

5:00 PM

14 January 2025

5:00 PM

As Trump Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent rises, full of promise for his confirmation hearing in Washington next week, the UK is still reeling from a plunge in the value of the pound and a sharp rise in borrowing costs, directly tied to Rachel Reeves’s economic policies. The contrast in the approaches of these respective leaders could hardly be more stark.

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