"Why did Keir and Rachel allow the country to believe for so long that we would break our manifesto by putting up income tax by 2p when they would have known that wasn't true? At no point were the cabinet told about the reality of the OBR forecasts. Had we been told, we might have been in a position to advise against setting hares running on income tax and giving the public the impression we are casual about our manifesto commitments."
"Sky News asked if Starmer will have to resign as well as Reeves, Burghart said, "that's a very good question. He said that if anything "untoward" is uncovered "it will go to the to top," he was then asked what this means, he said, ministers "will need to take responsibility for"
"The handling of this Budget has been a disaster from start to finish."
Rachel Reeves denied on television that she lied about the state of public finances after MPs accused her of misleading the Cabinet over a so-called "Black Hole" to justify tax rises. Treasury sources face criticism for explanations given for a U-turn that led to abandoning a proposed income tax increase. The Office for Budget Responsibility reported that public finances had not changed since 31 October and that the Chancellor had an economic fiscal headroom of
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