Rachel Reeves Watches Awkwardly As Comments From A Year Ago Come Back To Haunt Her
Rachel Reeves awkwardly watches her interview from a year ago.Rachel Reeves was left squirming on Sky News as she was reminded of what she said last year about not having to put up taxes again.The chancellor had to awkwardly watch a re-run of comments she made during an interview with Trevor Phillips in the wake of her first Budget last October.She told him then that she had “wiped the slate clean” by putting up taxes by £40 billion to fill a £22 billion black hole left by the Tories.But in last week’s Budget, she hiked taxes once again by a total of £26 billion.Phillips told her: “Chancellor can we start where we left off last year. Let’s remind ourselves what you said to me 12 months ago.”Reeves was forced to look on as she was shown telling him: “We’ve now wiped the slate clean under the chaos and mismanagement of the previous government. It’s now on us.”She added: “We don’t need to come back for more. We’ve done that now. We’ve wiped the slate clean.“I’m not going to be able to write five years worth of Budgets on this show today, but ... there’s no need to come back with another Budget like this, we’ll never need to do that again.“We’ve now set the spending envelope for the remainder of this parliament, we don’t need to increase taxes further.”Returning to the studio, Phillips told the chancellor: “That wasn’t true, was it.” Phillips asked her.But Reeves said the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) financial watchdog had changed its forecasts this year, meaning the government will receive £16 billion less in tax than previously thought.She said: “The Budget this year was not on the scale of the one last year, but the context for this Budget did change and I did have to ask people to contribute more.”Related...Rachel Reeves Accused Of Misleading Voters Over State Of UK Economy Ahead Of Budget'Why Won't You Apologise?': Nick Robinson Clashes With Rachel Reeves Over Tax Rises On Working PeopleBBC Question Time Audience Deliver Damning Verdict On Rachel Reeves's Budget
Rachel Reeves awkwardly watches her interview from a year ago.Rachel Reeves was left squirming on Sky News as she was reminded of what she said last year about not having to put up taxes again.The chancellor had to awkwardly watch a re-run of comments she made during an interview with Trevor Phillips in the wake of her first Budget last October.She told him then that she had “wiped the slate clean” by putting up taxes by £40 billion to fill a £22 billion black hole left by the Tories.But in last week’s Budget, she hiked taxes once again by a total of £26 billion.Phillips told her: “Chancellor can we start where we left off last year. Let’s remind ourselves what you said to me 12 months ago.”Reeves was forced to look on as she was shown telling him: “We’ve now wiped the slate clean under the chaos and mismanagement of the previous government. It’s now on us.”She added: “We don’t need to come back for more. We’ve done that now. We’ve wiped the slate clean.“I’m not going to be able to write five years worth of Budgets on this show today, but ... there’s no need to come back with another Budget like this, we’ll never need to do that again.“We’ve now set the spending envelope for the remainder of this parliament, we don’t need to increase taxes further.”Returning to the studio, Phillips told the chancellor: “That wasn’t true, was it.” Phillips asked her.But Reeves said the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) financial watchdog had changed its forecasts this year, meaning the government will receive £16 billion less in tax than previously thought.She said: “The Budget this year was not on the scale of the one last year, but the context for this Budget did change and I did have to ask people to contribute more.”Related...Rachel Reeves Accused Of Misleading Voters Over State Of UK Economy Ahead Of Budget'Why Won't You Apologise?': Nick Robinson Clashes With Rachel Reeves Over Tax Rises On Working PeopleBBC Question Time Audience Deliver Damning Verdict On Rachel Reeves's Budget
Rachel Reeves Watches Awkwardly As Comments From A Year Ago Come Back To Haunt Her
Rachel Reeves awkwardly watches her interview from a year ago.Rachel Reeves was left squirming on Sky News as she was reminded of what she said last year about not having to put up taxes again.The chancellor had to awkwardly watch a re-run of comments she made during an interview with Trevor Phillips in the wake of her first Budget last October.She told him then that she had “wiped the slate clean” by putting up taxes by £40 billion to fill a £22 billion black hole left by the Tories.But in last week’s Budget, she hiked taxes once again by a total of £26 billion.Phillips told her: “Chancellor can we start where we left off last year. Let’s remind ourselves what you said to me 12 months ago.”Reeves was forced to look on as she was shown telling him: “We’ve now wiped the slate clean under the chaos and mismanagement of the previous government. It’s now on us.”She added: “We don’t need to come back for more. We’ve done that now. We’ve wiped the slate clean.“I’m not going to be able to write five years worth of Budgets on this show today, but ... there’s no need to come back with another Budget like this, we’ll never need to do that again.“We’ve now set the spending envelope for the remainder of this parliament, we don’t need to increase taxes further.”Returning to the studio, Phillips told the chancellor: “That wasn’t true, was it.” Phillips asked her.But Reeves said the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) financial watchdog had changed its forecasts this year, meaning the government will receive £16 billion less in tax than previously thought.She said: “The Budget this year was not on the scale of the one last year, but the context for this Budget did change and I did have to ask people to contribute more.”Related...Rachel Reeves Accused Of Misleading Voters Over State Of UK Economy Ahead Of Budget'Why Won't You Apologise?': Nick Robinson Clashes With Rachel Reeves Over Tax Rises On Working PeopleBBC Question Time Audience Deliver Damning Verdict On Rachel Reeves's Budget
