Prime minister to give speech after report that some ministers are unhappy over handling of the budget
Kemi Badenoch is speaking at an event in London now.
She restates her claim that Rachel Reeves should resign. She claims the chancellor gave people a misleading view of the financial picture because she wanted a “soft landing” for her budget. She said that private company would not be allowed to misrepresent its finances in this way.
This story is starting to make me feel I’m going slightly mad – maybe RR overdid the gloom, but the tax rises are paying for a) the welfare U-turns b) the £10bn-plus increase in headroom c) scrapping the two child limit d) bits of other spending eg higher local gov costs ♀️
It was the most botched budget briefing since Truss… but this is increasingly wild. It is not an unsubstantiated “claim” that the OBR priced the productivity downgrade at £16bn in foregone revenue!
Continue reading…Prime minister to give speech after report that some ministers are unhappy over handling of the budgetKemi Badenoch is speaking at an event in London now.She restates her claim that Rachel Reeves should resign. She claims the chancellor gave people a misleading view of the financial picture because she wanted a “soft landing” for her budget. She said that private company would not be allowed to misrepresent its finances in this way.This story is starting to make me feel I’m going slightly mad – maybe RR overdid the gloom, but the tax rises are paying for a) the welfare U-turns b) the £10bn-plus increase in headroom c) scrapping the two child limit d) bits of other spending eg higher local gov costs ♀️It was the most botched budget briefing since Truss… but this is increasingly wild. It is not an unsubstantiated “claim” that the OBR priced the productivity downgrade at £16bn in foregone revenue! Continue reading…
