9 d. ago Now shameless Rachel Reeves moans there were 'too many leaks' about Budget as she tells MPs she's hunting for a mole (but it definitely wasn't her)

Rachel Reeves insisted she was 'frustrated' and is now 'doing something about it' by launching an official probe into who was responsible.

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1 week ago BRIAN READE: 'Tory obsession with lies of Rachel Reeves highlights their desperation'

No one makes it to the top of politics without being a skilled weaver of fiction, Brian Reade says, which makes the fallout and Tory ranting following Rachel Reeves' Budget all the more galling

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2 w. ago Rachel Reeves escapes ministerial ethics probe over Budget lies as standards tsar rejects Farage's demand for Chancellor to be investigated

Reform leader Nigel Farage had demanded the Chancellor be investigated for saying there was a black hole in the public finances of more than £20billion, which it later emerged did not exist.

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2 w. ago Reeves' lies are rooted in the truest doctrine of the Left: Tell people what YOU think it's good for them to hear: FRANK FUREDI

Rachel Reeves has peddled so many lies in the past 18 months that, increasingly, no one - not the voters, the markets or even her own Cabinet colleagues - believes a word she says.

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2 w. ago Rachel Reeves given important backing after claims she 'lied' to public ahead of Budget

A top official from the Office for Budget Responsibility has agreed Chancellor Rachel Reeves was faced with having to make "very difficult choices"

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2 w. ago The most misleading thing about Rachel Reeves’s budget? Who it was really for | Aditya Chakrabortty

Labour backbenchers have been cheering it as a win for the most vulnerable in socety. In fact it was aimed at the bond marketsThe charge is a grave one: that Rachel Reeves has just lied to Britons, spooking them into paying billions in extra taxes that she can splash out on higher benefits. However hyperbolic, this isn’t the usual Westminster sparring; this time, someone might get hurt. A week ago, critics of Reeves and Keir Starmer were, rightly, calling their budget “chaotic”. Today, it’s denounced as lies, and Kemi Badenoch is demanding the chancellor quit. It’s an accusation that demands straightforward answers, so let me give mine. Did the chancellor tell lies? On the available evidence, no. There were no whoppers, no falsehoods, no porkies. But despite Starmer’s comments yesterday, that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to see here and we can all move along. Reeves did mislead the public about the factors shaping her decisions. Was it all to funnel cash to “benefits street”, as the...

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2 w. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Rachel Reeves lied, but ultimately the buck stops with 'Surkeir' Starmer. This gruesome twosome can't postpone their day of reckoning for ever...

When Keir Starmer became Labour leader five years ago, I thought I'd better come up with a suitable nickname. The first I fastened upon was Max Headroom.

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2 w. ago Did Rachel Reeves lie to justify her £26billion Budget tax raid?

The Chancellor is facing calls to resign over misleading the public and Cabinet minister over the state of Britain’s finances

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2 w. ago What lies beneath: How Rachel Reeves and her Treasury warned of a Budget black hole to justify tax rises

There are calls for the Chancellor to quit after the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) watchdog revealed it had privately told her there was no huge black hole in the nation's books.

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2 w. ago Did Rachel Reeves really lie to justify her £26billion Budget tax raid?

The Chancellor is facing calls to resign over misleading the public and Cabinet minister over the state of Britain’s finances

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer speech LIVE: PM vows to go after welfare amid Rachel Reeves 'lies' accusations

In a major speech in London, Keir Starmer will call for sweeping welfare reforms - but he is likely to face questions about whether Rachel Reeves misled the public ahead of the Budget

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage says Rachel Reeves must face sleaze probe over Budget lies: Ethics watchdog urged to act as PM is dragged into scandal

The Reform UK leader said Ms Reeves' conduct in the run-up to last week's Budget was of 'grave concern'.

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2 w. ago ANDREW NEIL: Weak Rachel Reeves' serial gaslighting of the British people is now clear for all to see. She is on her last legs... and Starmer will not be far behind

'Of course I didn't lie,' claimed Rachel Reeves on Sky News yesterday morning, though the Chancellor had to be pushed three times to say it. But how can we be sure that itself is not a lie?

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer sets sights on welfare again as Rachel Reeves battles 'lies' claim

Keir Starmer will hit out at a 'poverty of ambition' as he once again sets his sights on welfare spending - as Rachel Reeves battles accusations that she misled the public before the Budget

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2 w. ago Rachel Reeves forced to deny she lied before the Budget as calls grow for her to quit

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is facing growing criticism over her comments ahead of the Budget, after it emerged the watchdog told her privately there was no structural black hole

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2 w. ago Rachel Reeves denies lying about Budget black hole to justify £26bn tax hikes

Calls for investigation into accusation Labour chancellor misled the public

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2 w. ago Starmer's bid to rescue Budget amid claims Rachel Reeves 'lied' about financial black hole

Starmer is now promising action on the ongoing cost of living crisis as the Conservatives have reported the Chancellor to the financial watchdog over her 'misleading' statements.

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2 w. ago Reeves will be lucky if the only punishment for this shameful deceit is the loss of her job: DAN HODGES

This morning, there's a debate raging about whether Rachel Reeves can survive the revelation that she deliberately lied to the voters, the markets and Parliament.

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3 w. ago Rachel Reeves 'lied to Brits about £21bn black hole to justify Benefits Street tax raid on workers'

Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered a series of extraordinary grim warnings about the state of the government's books in the run-up to the Budget.

Economics

3 w. ago Betting giants say Budget tax raid will hurt jobs, close bookies and boost black market

Britain's biggest gambling firms have warned the Budget tax raid on the sector will cost jobs, close high street bookies and strengthen illegal black market operators.

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