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Chancellor to change debt rule to free up £50bn

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Rachel Reeves has said the Treasury will make a technical change to the way it measures debt to allow the government to borrow more for infrastructure spending under its self-imposed fiscal rules. We hear from the chancellor as well as her critics in the Conservative party, who accuse her of fiddling the figures. Also tonight: The World Tonight’s James Menendez reports from San Antonio in Texas ahead of the US presidential election. GPs tell the BBC they’re seeing record numbers of scabies cases, with people in care homes and university students particularly badly affected.And a district attorney in the US recommends the resentencing of the Menendez brothers, convicted of murdering their parents in Beverly Hills in 1996.
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