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Starmer stands by Reeves as claims grow she misled public on finances

Downing Street says Reeves’ remarks were ‘entirely accurate’ as pressure grows over claims she misled voters

Evening Standard · Nov 30, 2025

Starmer to back Budget amid row over Reeves’ deficit claims

Opposition figures have called for the City watchdog to investigate pre-Budget briefings about the fiscal shortfall.

Evening Standard · Nov 30, 2025

Keir Starmer to back Rachel Reeves’ Budget amid row over deficit claims

Sir Keir will use a speech to support the decisions taken by Ms Reeves in the Budget

The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2025

Reeves accused of misleading public on Budget black hole to justify £26bn tax raid

Badenoch claims chancellor ‘lied to the public’ and was ‘bribing Labour MPs to save her own skin’

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2025

No 10 denies Reeves misled public over the UK's finances ahead of Budget

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch claimed the Chancellor had ‘lied to the public’ and should be sacked

Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2025

No 10 denies Reeves misled over black hole as OBR letter challenges warnings

The Chancellor was told in October by the Budget watchdog that her spending plans would no longer incur a black hole.

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2025

OBR challenges claims Reeves dropped income tax rise due to rosier forecasts

Official forecaster’s chair says chancellor knew about revised predictions well before her budget change of heart

The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2025

UK energy bill payers will hand £2bn a year to EDF for new power stations

French government-owned company to receive funding for Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C

The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2025

The Budget’s stealth tax phenomenon and how much it will cost you

Even when taxes don’t rise, your payments might as a result of what’s called fiscal drag

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2025

From the OBR to Panorama cock-ups – what does count as a career-ending mistake these days?

IN FOCUS : Roughly one in five Brits have made what they considered a ‘critical mistake’ at work. While it may be nothing compared to the mistake at the OBR this week, which published Rachel Reeves’s budget before she had announced it, what is seen as career-ending now? Lydia Spencer-Elliott…

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2025