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  • Reeves slammed as ‘Baldrick Chancellor’ by Kirstie Allsopp after landlord tax rumours

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    TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp has compared Rachel Reeves to Blackadder’s hapless servant Baldrick after rumours surfaced of a new tax on landlords. Allsopp, who is best known as the presenter of Channel 4 shows like Locaation, Location, Location, tweeted earlier today: “Another week, another cunning plan from our Baldrick Chancellor.” “What Rachel fails to understand [...]

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