'How Dare They!' Rachel Reeves And Jeremy Hunt Clash Over '£22 Billion' Spending Blackhole

Chancellor Rachel Reeves hits out at the former Government for a '£22 billion' public finances overspend and for misleading the public about the spending black hole she alleges.

Rachel Reeves announced that she would take “very tough decisions” to address a public spending black hole of around £20 billion – but no tax rises should be expected, a senior minister has said.

Shadow Chancellor Jeremy Hunt responded by saying the Chancellor would 'fool absolutely no one with a shameless attempt to lay the groundwork for tax rises.'

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[keithrenshaw]

How about cutting all free perks & cheap benefits of All mps & house of lords & ex prime ministers first 👍

[Jaryyy]

You have left vulnerable pensioners even more vulnerable……no amount of finger pointing and lies clears you!! How can you sit there increasing foreign aid while going after our elderly and try and play the blame game???

[JonDingle]

If Labour freeze MP wages, stop MP expenses, stop Lord's expenses and wages, stop foreign aid, stop funding foreign wars, close the border, stop paying for five star hotels for illegals and promise not to raise taxes then I will actually give them some credit.

[boffwozere]

“ I was honest about them “ she wouldn’t know honesty if it kicked her up the ass

[IanSmith]

Here's an idea, close the borders, that should save some money

[kriskeeling]

Never liked hunt however the man is right and can articulate at a much higher level than the infantile stench of the bench oppposite

[johnregan]

Labour been rumbled already-! Didnt take long .

[oliverharness]

Why do I think she is not telling the truth?

[alasdaircook]

And what about the £38bilion that was handed out for useless PPE?

[elizabethnicoll]

MY HUSBAND WORKED FOR 35 years and paid his taxes but his savings are under threat by the labour and migrant party. who have more rights than us BRITS

[janecampbell]

I am beyond upset at the taking away the winter fuel allowance as the first thing you did Rachel Reeves . Take the money from the fat cats and you Mps give up your fuel allowances before you batter the pensioners . DISGUSTED

[phbTelevision]

Solve this pretend issue immediately. Stop foreign aid by £10bn. Cut MP expenses by £500m.

[flyerhi]

Why were 'civil servants' complicit? Until you hold 'public servants" to account - nothing eill ever change.

[speedboostr]

Never heard House of Commons so quiet when someone is lying through their teeth

[derekwhyle]

The stuff will really hit the fan if the true cost of our support for Ukraine ever becomes public.

[janebruce]

If only we new about this Labour Party 👎

[stroobzz]

Stop sending money to Israel and Ukraine ?

[alancoppin]

She knew what she was going to do months ago but didn’t have the balls to put it in the manifesto instead blame it on supposedly new information .

[theBagheera]

So Jeremy's argument is they should of known about our incompetence

[JungleUTFR]

Has she ever heard of Covid ? Furlough ? Who did she think ran up the bill and who would need to pay for it all ??