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Budget 'lies' storm: Starmer grilled on whether Reeves misled public and Cabinet over nation's finances

The row threatens to overshadow the Prime Minister’s attempts to get people to focus on the ‘substance’ of the Government’s spending and reform plans

Evening Standard · Nov 30, 2025

Rachel Reeves denies lying about Budget black hole to justify £26bn tax hikes

Calls for investigation into accusation Labour chancellor misled the public

The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2025

Rachel Reeves responds to Kemi Badenoch’s ‘misogyny and mansplaining’ Budget attack

Rachel Reeves has responded to Kemi Badenoch’s “misogyny and mansplaining” attack following her Budget announcement.

The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2025

Calls to investigate claims Treasury misled the public

The Treasury has been accused of giving ‘deliberately false and misleading’ briefings ahead of the Budget

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2025

‘This country is a mess and Reeves’s Budget made things even worse – I won’t vote for Labour again’

BUDGET 2025: Labour will need the Budget to go down well with swing voters in areas such as Sheerness and Kensington if the party is to stand a chance of holding onto power at the next general election. Dan Haygarth and Hebe Campbell spoke to locals to see if they…

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2025

Rachel Reeves faces calls to quit after watchdog contradicts her £30bn ‘black hole’ warning

The Chancellor faces cross-party anger after revelations that the UK’s supposed £30bn fiscal gap was actually just £2.5bn, fuelling claims she misled voters to justify tax rises

Evening Standard · Nov 29, 2025

Reeves defends £26bn tax raid after Budget backlash as watchdog urged to investigate ‘false briefings’

The chancellor doubled down on her tax hikes, saying she wasn’t willing to cut public services

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2025

Higher business taxes to cost pub sector £150m and threaten jobs – analysis

Firms will end up paying more despite business rates being lowered in the Budget, industry bosses are warning.

Evening Standard · Nov 29, 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

Stocks end winning week up despite hit for Premier Inn owner Whitbread

Whitbread slid 11% after warning that changes to business rates in Wednesday’s Budget will materially increase costs in the next financial year.

Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2025