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Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaves 11 Downing Street, London, with her ministerial red box before delivering her Budget
CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves conceded she was wrong to pledge no big tax rises before the election as she defended her Budget proposals today.
Ms Reeves blamed the U-turn on the worse-than-expected state of the public finances she inherited but promised there was “no need to increase taxes further.”
On a post-Budget media tour, Ms Reeves claimed growth would be boosted by the new measures, allied to unspecified reforms to welfare and industrial strategy which are on their way.
Corbyn and Sultana commit to launching new socialist party
If Labour MPs who rebelled over the welfare reforms expected to be listened to, they shouldn’t have underestimated the vindictiveness of the Starmer regime. But a new left party that might rehome them is yet to be established, writes ANDREW MURRAY
Starmer doubles down on witch hunt by suspending the whip from Diane Abbott
