Chancellor tells MPs she was frustrated by ‘leaks that were clearly not authorised’
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Rachel Reeves has condemned leaks before her make-or-break budget as “unacceptable” as she revealed her income tax U-turn was agreed in partnership with Keir Starmer.
Defending her tax and spending plans before MPs on the Commons Treasury committee, the chancellor said she had been frustrated by “leaks that were clearly not authorised” before her November speech.
“I want to reiterate in the strongest terms that leaks are unacceptable,” she said. “The budget had too much speculation, there were too many leaks, and much of the leaks and speculation were inaccurate. [It was] very damaging, as well as the IT security issues.”
