66 m. ago GDP shock: Economy unexpectedly shrank 0.1% in October amid Reeves Budget leaks chaos

The latest GDP figures are a blow to Rachel Reeves, who admitted leaks in the run-up to her November 26 Budget were ‘very damaging’

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35 h. ago Why Rachel Reeves now claims there were 'too many' leaks ahead of the Budget

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has hit out over the leaks which came out ahead of her controversial Budget in November

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38 h. ago Rachel Reeves admits there were too many 'very damaging' leaks ahead of budget

The Chancellor described the leaks as 'very damaging' after UK government borrowing costs briefly spiked following news reports of a reversal of an expected income tax rise

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43 h. 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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45 h. ago Resign over Budget briefing chaos, Reeves urged as she orders leak inquiry at the Treasury

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been urged to resign over the chaos in the run up to her financial statement

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45 h. ago Rachel Reeves admits too many leaks were ‘very damaging’ for Budget

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46 h. 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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4 d. ago Nasty attacks on Rachel Reeves' chess claims show why UK should learn from Iceland

The difference in cross-party respect and tone in the Icelandic parliament was startling, with no petty name calling or mansplaining, writes Christine Jardine after a recent trip there

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7 d. ago Has anyone asked the Chancellor? Treasury launches 'leak inquiry' into Budget... but City watchdog is waiting in the wings

Officials have been ordered to root out the source of briefings that misrepresented economic forecasts the department was being given privately by the OBR watchdog.

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7 d. ago Has anyone asked the Chancellor? Farce as Treasury launches 'leak inquiry' into Budget despite Reeves being at the heart of the furore

Officials have been ordered to root out the source of briefings that misrepresented economic forecasts the department was being given privately by the OBR watchdog.

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8 d. ago Now Rachel Reeves' claim to be a junior chess champion is called into question days after her Budget lies

The Chancellor told the Guardian directly in 2023 that she was the British U-14 girls champion, and the claim has appeared in profiles of the Labour MP since at least 2011.

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8 d. ago Now Rachel Reeves's claim to be a junior chess champion is called into question days after her Budget lies

The Chancellor told the Guardian directly in 2023 that she was the British U-14 girls champion, and the claim has appeared in profiles of the Labour MP since at least 2011.

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8 d. ago Now Rachel Reeves' claim to be a junior chess queen is challenged by former champ turned finance professor who says she overstated achievement

The Chancellor told the Guardian directly in 2023 that she was the British U-14 girls champion, and the claim has appeared in profiles of the Labour MP since at least 2011.

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9 d. ago Fear of facing the future has British politics stuck in the past | Rafael Behr

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves claim to be dealing with the world as it is, but their choices betray yearning for a world that has disappearedHollywood has stopped betting on original ideas. Sequels and remakes dominate the box office. Among this year’s Christmas movie releases are Zootropolis 2 (the first Zootropolis came out in 2016), Avatar: Fire and Ash (third in a series that began in 2009), and Wicked: For Good (part two of the adaptation of a musical that premiered in 2003).New stories are risky. It is safer to retell old ones. British politics feels similarly afflicted by paralysis of the imagination, intimidated by change, stuck in a narrative loop.Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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9 d. 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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9 d. ago OBR confronted Treasury about ‘unhelpful’ policy leaks before Reeves’ Budget

The economy watchdog raised concerns with the Treasury about the amount of information being leaked ahead of the chancellor’s statement

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9 d. ago Chancellor ruling out another independence vote does not carry weight – Flynn

The SNP MP claimed Rachel Reeves and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will both be ousted if the SNP wins next year.

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1 week ago OBR chair quits after inquiry into early release of budget document

Richard Hughes takes ‘full responsibility’ for watchdog error as Starmer attempts to secure chancellor’s positionThe chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility has resigned after a damning internal inquiry into the leak that threw Rachel Reeves’s budget into chaos described it as the “worst failure” in the institution’s history.The departure of Richard Hughes, who said he took “full responsibility” for the watchdog’s failure to handle sensitive information, dragged the rolling recriminations over the budget into a fifth day. Continue reading...

Economics

1 week ago How Britain’s ‘fiercely independent’ fiscal watchdog came undone

Tensions with ministers predated the Budget data leak that cost Richard Hughes his job — and there was relief at his exit

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1 week ago OBR boss quits after Budget was leaked minutes before Rachel Reeves delivered it

Richard Hughes resigned as chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility following the massive blunder minutes before the Chancellor's Budget speech last month

Economics