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UK: Rachel Reeves faces claims she 'mislead' over Budget

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This handout photograph taken and released by the UK Parliament's House of Commons on November 26, 2025 shows Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (R) speaking in the House of Commons in London as the government delivered its annual budget. Britain's Labour government unveiled a tax-raising budget on November 26 costing billions of pounds to curb debt and fund public services, as the country faces lower economic growth in the coming years. (Photo by Handout / House of Commons / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / HOUSE OF COMMONS " - NO USE FOR ENTERTAINMENT, SATIRICAL, MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - EDITORS NOTE THE IMAGE MAY HAVE BEEN DIGITALLY ALTERED AT SOURCE TO OBSCURE VISIBLE DOCUMENTS - BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE /

Photo: AFP / House of Commons

UK correspondent Harriet Line looks at why Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been facing claims she mislead the public about the nation's finances in the lead up to the Budget last week. Jury trials are set to be scrapped for many crimes - what's behind the decision and what will it mean for the justice system? And junior doctors are set to walk off the job for a five day strike starting on December 17. 

Harriet Line is deputy political editor of The Daily Mail

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