Can Labour Actually Fix the Finances?

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With the Tories apparently leaving a £22Bn black hole in the UK's finances, Labour have a difficult task ahead to balance the books. So in this video, we take a look at how the Chancellor plans to address it and whether they'll be enough to fix things.

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