The shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has accused Rishi Sunak of lying after it emerged that a senior Treasury official warned Tory ministers not to say civil servants were behind their claim that a Labour government would increase taxes by £2,000.
The prime minister made the claim throughout his ITV head-to-head debate with Keir Starmer, saying “independent Treasury officials” had costed Labour’s policies “and they amount to a £2,000 tax rise for everyone”.
