Rachel Reeves slapped down the Lib Dem proposal – as proposed by Ed Davey – to buy BritishRachel Reeves rejected the Liberal Democrats’ “buy British” campaign amid the ongoing turmoil from Donald Trump’s tariffs.While unveiling taxes on more than 60 countries’ imports on April 2, the US president imposed a 10% tax on British goods going into America.This is what the president described as the “base rate” – but it comes on top of a global 25% levy on cars and steel products.So the Lib Dem deputy leader and Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper asked the chancellor to “commit to a ‘Buy British’ campaign as part of a broader national effort to encourage people to buy British here at home” in the Commons today.But Reeves hit back: “In terms of buying British, I think ever
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