Chancellor Rachel Reeves faced a seriously tough grilling on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, and things got tense fast. As the conversation turned to Labour’s controversial plans to cut benefits — including Personal Independence Payment (PIP) — viewers were left unimpressed, with many switching off and heading straight to social media to vent.
Right from the off, Laura Kuenssberg didn’t hold back. Pressing Reeves on Labour’s economic promises, she said: “You told people you wouldn’t have to make cuts because the economy was going to grow. The economy is stubbornly refusing to do what you’re trying to get it to do, and some of the decisions you’ve made – whacking up [National Insurance] payments for employers are costing businesses, they’re making it harder for them to prosper. And you are, are you not, going to have to announce cuts this week to some government departments?”, reported the Express.
