Economist accuses Reeves of 'making up numbers' in spending review

Reeves accused of ‘making up numbers’ in spending review

Economist accuses Reeves of 'making up numbers' in spending review

While certain government departments celebrated Rachel Reeves’s spending review – Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner even threw a party the night before the Chancellor’s speech – economists are not quite as impressed. In fact, the Labour Chancellor has been accused of ‘making up numbers’ in her big speech after offering up rather incoherent guidance on

"Weak, weak, weak" the Shadow Chancellor accuses Reeves of fantasy spending plans

Mel Stride warns of inevitable tax rises and accuses the Chancellor of increasing borrowing and not explaining how her plans will be paid for