Chancellor defends budget and insists she will grow the economy and continue to defy forecasts
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Rachel Reeves has admitted working people will need to pay more after her budget but insisted she had kept that to an “absolute minimum” by increasing taxes on betting firms, mansions and landlords.
The chancellor vowed to carry on in her role and “defy” economic forecasts as she defended her tax and growth measures.
Pressed on whether the budget was designed to ensure her own political survival and that of Keir Starmer by mollifying a restive Labour party, Reeves said this was “my budget, delivering on my priorities”, one she was proud of.
