Reeves says she did not lie about public finances amid row over deficit claims – UK politics live
Chancellor grilled on Sunday morning shows over whether she misled the public about the state of the economyRachel Reeves said she “of course” had not lied about the state of...
By Yohannes Lowe · The Guardian World
Chancellor grilled on Sunday morning shows over whether she misled the public about the state of the economy Rachel Reeves said she “of course” had not lied about the state of the public finances before the budget. “Of course I didn’t,” she told Trevor Phillips. Earlier, the chancellor had told his programme: In the context of a downgrade in our productivity, which cost £16bn, I needed to increase taxes, and I was honest and frank about that in the speech that I gave at beginning of November. Continue reading...