Reeves condemns coalition's QE reliance

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Labour's Rachel Reeves has attacked the government for forcing the Bank of England's to pursue its deficit-wrecking QE policy to "compensate" for its poor fiscal support.

The Bank of England's QE policy of buying gilts to buoy the economy has sent yields plummeting, adding billions to scheme deficits. Shadow Treasury chief secretary Reeves (pictured) said the ban...

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