Government has given up trying to ‘live within its means’, claims Badenoch

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch speaking at the headquarters of the Royal Academy of Engineering in central London (Lucy North/PA) - (PA Wire)

Kemi Badenoch has accused the Labour Government of having given up on trying to “live within its means”, as she criticised Rachel Reeves’s speech setting the stage for tax rises as “one long waffle bomb”.

Giving her own speech in central London on Tuesday, the Tory leader said: “The Chancellor’s speech was one long waffle bomb, a laundry list of excuses.