Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle Warns PM over 'Worrying' Budget Leaks

Deputy speaker condemns government over early Budget briefings

The Deputy Speaker has condemned the government for extensively speaking to the media in the weeks leading up to the Budget. Addressing MPs before Rachel Reeves began her speech on Wednesday (26 November), Nusrat Ghani criticised the “disappointing” extensive media briefings in the past few weeks, which she labelled as “unprecedented”. Going on to reference the OBR leaks which occurred on hour before the Chancellor gave her speech, she said: “Th…

Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle warns PM over 'worrying' Budget leaks

Speaker of the House of Commons claims leaks are an "appalling" breach of the ministerial code.

Rachel Reeves poised to unveil tax rises worth £26bn in budget, leak reveals

Surprise early release of OBR documents shows chancellor doubling her fiscal headroomRachel Reeves’s budget is expected to announce tax increases worth £26bn to more than double her fiscal headroom, according to figures published before her speech to the commons.In a highly unusual development triggering an immediate reaction in the financial markets, figures from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) published on its website before the cha…