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cut to winter fuel subsidies](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/29/hospital-and-road-projects-face-cuts-to-plug-22bn-fiscal-hole-reeves-says) for pensioners soon after taking office. Then she unveiled a budget [that raised taxes](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/26/rachel-reeves-targets-uks-wealthiest-in-26bn-tax-raising-budget) to levels not seen since the 1940s. As the economy
controversies. Labour is also facing pressure from parties at either end of the spectrum. The hard-right Reform UK is surging while the Green Party is gaining ground on the left. In Wales, the Welsh