Rachel Reeves Denies Lying about UK Finances Pre-Budget (1)

Rachel Reeves denied misleading the British public about the state of the UK’s public finances ahead of her budget, as she faced ongoing criticism over her messaging in the run-up to Wednesday’s £26 billion package of tax hikes.

Asked on Sky News on Sunday if she’d lied to the public ahead of the budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said “of course I didn’t.”

Reeves on Nov. 4 gave an unusual pre-budget speech in which she implied she was facing a black hole in the public finances, setting the stage for tax hikes in her Nov. 26 set-piece. She went ...