{"id":164925,"date":"2024-10-30T21:39:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T21:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/30\/budget-contained-broken-promise-after-broken-promise-conservative-leader-rishi-sunak-claims-in-response-to-chancellors-statement\/"},"modified":"2024-10-30T21:39:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T21:39:06","slug":"budget-contained-broken-promise-after-broken-promise-conservative-leader-rishi-sunak-claims-in-response-to-chancellors-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/30\/budget-contained-broken-promise-after-broken-promise-conservative-leader-rishi-sunak-claims-in-response-to-chancellors-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget contained ‘broken promise after broken promise’, Conservative leader Rishi Sunak claims in response to chancellor’s statement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rachel Reeves was accused of “broken promise after broken promise” by Rishi Sunak after delivering Labour’s first budget since 2010.<\/p>\n

Mr Sunak<\/strong><\/a> was making what was likely to be his last appearance as leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons as he responded to the fiscal event.<\/p>\n

The budget is set to raise \u00a340bn in taxes, increase borrowing and also put up spending.<\/p>\n

Follow latest: Biggest tax-raising budget since 1993<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Responding to the budget, Mr Sunak said: “On the day that he took office, the prime minister said that he wanted to restore trust to British politics with action, not words.<\/p>\n

“Well, today his actions speak for themselves with a budget that contains broken promise after broken promise, and reveals the simple truth that the prime minister and the chancellor have not been straight with the British people.”<\/p>\n

He pointed out that “time and again” his party warned Labour would “tax, borrow and spend” beyond what they promised in the election.<\/p>\n

The former prime minister’s broadside came after Ms Reeves<\/strong><\/a> herself attacked the legacy of Mr Sunak and the last Conservative administration.<\/p>\n

She said the Tories “failed this country”.<\/p>\n

“Their austerity broke the National Health Service,” she said.<\/p>\n

“Their Brexit deal harmed British businesses – and their mini-budget left families paying the price with higher mortgages.<\/p>\n

“The British people have inherited their failure.”<\/p>\n

The chancellor went on to repeat her claims that the last government “covered up” a \u00a322bn black hole<\/strong><\/a> in spending and “spent three times over” the Treasury’s reserves.<\/p>\n

Ms Reeves quoted the Office for Budget Responsibility by saying the last government “did not provide” all the information.<\/p>\n

This, the current chancellor claimed, means any comparison between’s today’s forecast and March’s is “false” as the Tories “hid the reality of that public spending plan”.<\/p>\n

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The key announcements<\/a>
Chancellor looks to raise \u00a340bn in taxes<\/a>
Minimum wages to go up by almost 7%<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jeremy Hunt, the Conservative chancellor who delivered that budget, seemed to be saying “that’s not true” while Ms Reeves made the point.<\/p>\n

Mr Sunak said Labour had “fiddled the figures”.<\/p>\n

“They have raised tax to record levels,” he said.<\/p>\n

“They have broken their promises – and it is the working people of this country that are going to pay the price now.”<\/p>\n

He added that he understood Ms Reeves’ “shameless political motivations” and why it “suits her to cook up a false justification for her agenda”.<\/p>\n

Mr Sunak claimed the \u00a322bn figure did not appear in the OBR’s report.<\/p>\n

While this is correct – the figure is not mentioned apart from in reference to Ms Reeves’ use of it – the OBR states<\/strong><\/a> that analysis from the Treasury covering extra government spending was not handed over ahead of Mr Hunt’s March fiscal event.<\/p>\n

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The OBR said a “materially different” analysis of the Tory budget would have been given if they had the information.<\/p>\n

But “it is not possible to judge now exactly how much higher” spending would have been as more analysis would have needed to be done at the time.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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