Institute for Fiscal Studies also warns Reeves over her focus on sticking with fiscal rules regardless of real world eventsIn an interview with ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, said she would not accept free tickets for concerts again in the future.Asked about the controversy about her decision to accept two corporate tickets for a Sabrina Carpenter concert at the O2, she repeated the line that she used at her press conference yesterday – that a family member wanted to attend the concert (presumably one of her children, but she did not say that), and that she accepted tickets for a corporate box because security concerns meant it was not deemed safe for her to get normal tickets for the auditorium.I’m just saying I wouldn’t do it again. I felt I was doing the right thing. But I do understand perceptions.I am absolutely certain that our reforms, instead of pushing people into poverty, are going to get people into work.And we know that if you move from welfar...
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) predicts that Reeves will likely need to raise taxes in the autumn budget and cautions against prioritizing fiscal rules over real-world events. Other events include Sue Gray's speech on civil servants, a ninja sword ban, Badenoch's claims about the Conservative's election loss, child poverty statistics in Scotland and the UK, and Starmer's press conference covering various topics including fishing deals, US car tariffs, and the situation in Ukraine.
