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  • 09/06/2025
As farmers, pensioners, small businesses, and the service sector struggle under Rachel Reeves’ economic agenda, this week’s Spending Review couldn’t be more critical. In this video, Farnham and Bordon MP Greg Stafford breaks down what it means for our community — from the 56 pubs and 97 farms facing uncertainty, to questions about future support for vital services. This isn’t about new policies, but how Labour is choosing to spend taxpayers’ money — and whether that means more broken promises, like the Winter Fuel Payment U-turn. Watch now for a look at how the Spending Review could impact you.

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00:00So this week we've got the first real test about how Labour is going to spend your and
00:04my money across our constituency. We've already seen a U-turn on the winter fuel payment, quite
00:10rightly so, because it was taking money away from some of the poorest pensioners in our
00:13constituency. But this week we're going to find out where they are going to spend money.
00:17And I've been campaigning for better rural broadband, better road networks, better buses
00:22connecting places like Borden and Liphook, and of course special educational needs, which
00:27is such a massive issue in our constituency. So I want to be hearing from the Chancellor
00:31about those specific things. But at the same time, we're seeing inflation going up, we're
00:36seeing unemployment going up, and I have really no confidence that we're going to get anything
00:40key from Labour on those issues. So I say to the Chancellor, she must make sure that whatever
00:46she's spending on, whether it be health services in our constituency, whether it be rural broadband,
00:51whether that be supporting our farmers. She needs to make sure that every penny counts.

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