8 d. ago It's not just the country that's in the red! Reeves and Starmer see personal ratings plunge to new record lows after Budget lies scandal

YouGov research found just 18 per cent of the public now have a positive view of the PM, his worst score so far.

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1 week ago Charities’ fury at Starmer for raiding international aid budget to tackle migration crisis

Exclusive: Overseas aid money is to be used to tackle illegal migration from Bangladesh by paying its government to crack down on rogue agents selling bogus visas

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2 w. ago Reeves admits Budget leaks were ‘extremely damaging’ but insists she wasn’t to blame

The chancellor hit out at ‘too many leaks’ and said an inquiry was underway to root out who was responsible

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2 w. ago DAN HODGES: Rachel Reeves is bang to rights. And in his eagerness to find a scapegoat, Starmer has now made a fatal blunder

Finally. After the days of obfuscation, deflection and flat-out lying surrounding Rachel Reeves's Budget deceit, Kemi Badenoch has cut through to the heart of the issue. 

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3 w. ago Reeves accused of forcing OBR chief to quit after watchdog revealed truth about Budget black hole

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has accused Rachel Reeves for forcing Richard Hughes to resign as chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) because he revealed that she had potentially misled the public over the existence of a spending black hole

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3 w. ago Badenoch: Reeves could be prosecuted for market abuse over claims before Budget

The Chancellor has faced accusations she misled voters by overstating the scale of the fiscal challenge, but has denied doing so.

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3 w. ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Queen's son fumes at Keir and 'useless' Chancellor

Sir Keir Starmer 's insistence that he and his Chancellor did not mislead the public over last week's Budget shambles has failed to convince Queen Camilla's son Tom Parker Bowles.

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3 w. ago Readers' Letters: Oh the irony of Swinney slamming Reeves for 'misleading public'

Readers raised an eyebrow at First Minister’s criticisms of Rachel Reeves

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3 w. ago OBR board member says Reeves did not mislead public on Budget

UK chancellor’s fiscal warnings backed by David Miles a day after economic watchdog’s chair resigns

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3 w. ago OBR board member says Reeves did not mislead public on fiscal challenges

David Miles says watchdog’s letter aimed to ‘set the record straight’ after ‘persistent leaks’ to the media

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3 w. ago Labour now less trusted on the economy than Liz Truss, damning new poll finds

Asked who they would trust with the economy, 10 per cent of people said Labour - fewer than those who said they would trust Liz Truss

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3 w. ago OBR says Reeves calling public finances ‘very challenging’ before Budget was not misleading

Fiscal watchdog faces Treasury committee after accidental publication of key report prompted chair to resign

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3 w. ago OBR says Reeves did not mislead public over Budget forecasts

Fiscal watchdog faces Treasury committee after accidental publication of key report prompted chair to resign

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3 w. ago UK Government was ‘digging its own black hole’ before Budget, says Flynn

The Chancellor has been accused of misleading the public ahead of the Budget.

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3 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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3 w. ago Britain's Budget betrayal: Sir Keir Starmer vows to curb handouts...just days after £16billion welfare spending boost

The Prime Minister said the Government would make attempt to 'reform' welfare, with the current system having 'trapped people in poverty' - days after boosting handouts by £16billion a year..

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3 w. ago Starmer insists there was ‘no misleading’ after claims Reeves lied in run

Keir Starmer forced to publicly defend chancellor over accusations she lied about country’s finances - as Labour MPs voice discontent

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3 w. ago Starmer insists there was ‘no misleading’ amid claims Reeves lied in run

Sir Keir Starmer forced to defend Rachel Reeves during speech as Labour MPs voice discontent

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3 w. ago OBR chairman resigns after damning report into leak of Reeves’ Budget

The report said the leak was ‘the worst failure in the 15-year history of the OBR’

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3 w. ago Starmer’s priorities have changed. He needs to be honest about why

The prime minister’s claim that he always wanted to scrap the two-child benefit cap will cast doubt on his attempt to reassure voters – and his own cabinet colleagues – that he and the chancellor told the truth about tax rises, writes political editor David Maddox

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