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Starmer Defends Budget Aimed at Reducing Inflation and Boosting Growth

12/2/2025

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Keir Starmer, the U.K. leader, defended December 1, 2025 budget, outlining a plan to reduce inflation.
He said the budget aims to sustain market confidence and acknowledged the post-Brexit deal's negative effects.
Starmer noted progress on a sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) deal to eliminate border checks on plant and animal products.
The remarks aligned with the British prime minister defending a controversial tax-hiking budget as fair and necessary for growth.

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Keir Starmer, the U.K. leader, defended December 1, 2025 budget, outlining a plan to reduce inflation.
He said the budget aims to sustain market confidence and acknowledged the post-Brexit deal's negative effects.
Starmer noted progress on a sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) deal to eliminate border checks on plant and animal products.
The remarks aligned with the British prime minister defending a controversial tax-hiking budget as fair and necessary for growth.