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Evening Standard
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Rhiannon James

Badenoch: Reeves could be prosecuted for market abuse over claims before Budget

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch hit out at the Chancellor during PMQs on Wednesday (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Chancellor could be prosecuted for market abuse, Kemi Badenoch has claimed as she came face-to-face with the Prime Minister for the first time since the Budget was announced.

Rachel Reeves has faced accusations she misled voters by overstating the scale of the fiscal challenge in the run-up to last week’s Budget, in which she announced £26 billion of tax rises.

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