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The Guardian view on Rachel Reeves’s spring statement: stability cannot mean sacrificing living standards | Editorial
An energy shock from war in the Gulf will expose the limits of rigid fiscal rules. The real question is who absorbs the loss: the state, firms or households?The war in the Middle East has sent oil and gas prices soaring – and Britain remains deepl…