‘They’ve won me over’: chancellor’s constituents welcome budget

Rises in state pension and minimum wage garner praise from the public in Leeds West and PudseyUK politics live: latest reaction to the budgetIn a vape shop in Bramley town centre, the popular flavours can sell out quickly. The area is a smoking and vaping hotspot – high above the national average – and it is also in chancellor Rachel Reeves’s constituency of Leeds West and Pudsey.“Have you got any blueberry, love?” one customer asked, telling the Guardian that she h