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This week, it is all about the Budget . What will Rachel Reeves announce? What will she shy away from? Can she survive much longer in her job? If she can’t, who will succeed her? But, as exclusive new data from the Women’s Budget Group shared with me for this newsletter shows, all that drama and gossip rather misses the point.

Housing in Britain, arguably the largest and most essential cost faced by any normal person, is too expensive. Although prices have slowed their rise in recent years and, in some

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