Labour sets outs ‘emergency budget’ for public services

John McDonnell pledges to spend an extra £17bn a year on the NHS, social care, schools and local government

McDonnell says people are angry after seven years of austerity and cuts
(Image credit: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP?Getty Images)

Labour’s shadow chancellor has called for an end to austerity and an “emergency budget for public services” in a speech laying out the party’s economic platform ahead of the Budget next week.

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