UK's opposition Labour promises not to waver from 'ironclad' fiscal rules

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Labour Party Reeves speaks at the National Annual Women's Conference, in Liverpool·Reuters
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LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party on Monday promised it would not stray from the fiscal rules it sets.

"A Labour government will not waver from iron-clad fiscal rules," Rachel Reeves, the party's finance policy chief, told Labour's annual conference in Liverpool.

(Reporting by Alistair Smout, writing by William James)