Rachel Reeves faced angry calls to resign last night after being accused of ‘lying’ to the nation in the run-up to the Budget.
In an extraordinary move, the fiscal watchdog yesterday revealed that the Chancellor was told months ago that there was no hole in the public finances.
Yet Ms Reeves continued to make grim warnings about the state of the economy ahead of Wednesday’s statement.
She even opened the door to an income tax hike in an unprecedented early-morning speech, all while plotting a mammoth welfare giveaway in her ‘Benefits Street Budget’.
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said the Office for Budget Responsibility’s revelation showed Ms Reeves had ‘lied to the public’ and she should be sacked.
Now you can have your say on the Chancellor’s position in the Daily Mail’s latest poll of the day.
In yesterday’s poll, Mail readers were asked: ‘Should Brits be able to sue for unfair dismissal from their first day in the job?’
Out of more than 20,000 votes, 5 percent of you said ‘yes’ and 95 percent of you said ‘no’.
