BBC Verify: How did Rachel Reeves make her sums add up?

The Chancellor has announced welfare and spending cuts to try to restore her £9.9bn “headroom”, so she can meet her rules on the economy. BBC Verify’s Ben Chu looks at how she’s made her sums add up.

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