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Badenoch Hits Out at the Chancellor over Alleged Lies in Budget
Kemi Badenoch challenged Keir Starmer on misleading Budget claims and the resignation of OBR head Richard Hughes amid Tory scrutiny of public finance forecasts.
- Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, Badenoch asked Starmer if he believes the top of the OBR should resign after Richard Hughes’s departure, criticizing the Chancellor’s actions.
- The Office for Budget Responsibility's assessment and an accidental online release preceded Richard Hughes's resignation on Monday after forecasts showed better public finances than expected.
- The Conservatives have written to the Financial Conduct Authority seeking scrutiny of events last week, while Labour highlighted lifting half a million children out of poverty and noted seven Labour MPs lost the whip last year.
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer defended Rachel Reeves and said the Office for Budget Responsibility found the Chancellor’s speech was not misleading, demanding Kemi Badenoch apologise as Conservatives raised accountability questions.
- After today, Keir Starmer has only two more PMQs before the year is out, while seven Labour MPs who lost the whip last year remain a point of Conservative criticism.
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Kemi Badenoch had plenty to work with at Prime Minister’s Questions today. She opened with the departure of the head of the Office for Budget Responsibility, as it allowed her to suggest that Starmer was dodging taking responsibility himself. She asked: ‘Does the prime minister believe that when an organisation descends into total shambles, the
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