【每日晨读金融时报】17Nov25 英语口语听力 附原文及实用单词短语

Down­ing Street has opened the door for Labour to break its elec­tion prom­ises and raise taxes in the Budget, as chan­cel­lor Rachel Reeves told crit­ics in the party to stop ped­dling the “dan­ger­ous” idea that she can relax fiscal dis­cip­line.

Dar­ren Jones, the prime min­is­ter’s chief sec­ret­ary, refused to rule out the pos­sib­il­ity that Reeves would break Labour’s mani­festo vow not to increase income tax, value added tax or national insur­ance rates. He told Sky News: “The mani­festo stands today because decisions haven’t been taken yet.

“I’m not rul­ing any­thing out and I’m not rul­ing any­thing in,” he added. “Today, the mani­festo stands.”

Earlier Reeves told a rest­ive Labour con­fer­ence in Liv­er­pool to “have faith”, arguing that the only route to the party’s pri­or­it­ies and a strong eco­nomy was to main­tain the con­fid­ence of the mar­kets.

While min­is­ters often use their con­fer­ence speech to address an audi­ence out­side the hall, Reeves’ mes­sage was aimed squarely at internal crit­ics who believe she should relax her fiscal rules to boost spend­ing.

Sir Keir Starmer will today back his chan­cel­lor as he warns the party in his key­note speech to brace itself for decisions that are “not cost-free or easy”.