Is it all OBR now for the Chancellor? | Conservative Home

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Finally, a resignation over the Budget which saw £26bn of tax rises paired with a £16bn increase in welfare spending.
48% : While the Tories have been on top of Labour's fiscal woes since they entered government, and are now leading the way in keeping the spotlight on Reeves, Reform UK's leader Nigel Farage has decided to circle back and launch a new wave of attack on Badenoch, urging voters not to trust the party, having previously overseen tax rises, increased welfare spending and net zero rules.
45% : The highest tax burden as a proportion of GDP since British records began - all for a black hole in the public finances that didn't actually exist and which even Rachel Reeves' own cabinet colleagues were annoyed and briefing the media about.
41% : "Asking" us to pay more in taxes, like we have a choice in the matter when she was the one that had the choice, and then complaining about feeling "uncomfortable" with the responses, including that of the Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch when she branded the Chancellor "spineless, shameless and completely aimless", adding: "People out there aren't complaining because she's female, they're complaining because she is utterly incompetent.
37% : But what of the politicians who drip drip drip leaked from the Budget weeks before, leading to accusations that Reeves manipulated both public expectations and the markets to pave the way for higher taxation?
27% : With stronger rules on ILR, a new 'golden rule' to cut taxes with a marked £47bn cut in state spending, including £23bn of welfare - and net zero being one of the first issues tackled under the new leadership.

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