Rachel Reeves accused of misleading voters with shocking 'lies' before Budget

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Ms Reeves repeatedly claimed figures from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), the official watchdog, would show that tax rises were needed.
47% : Eliott Keck, campaigns director of the Taxpayers Alliance, said: "Too afraid to make the positive case for their course of action, they had to spin a complex web of duplicity to hoodwink the public". Asked directly if the Chancellor "misled MPs and the markets" before increasing taxes by £26 billion, the Prime Minister's spokesman said today: "The Chancellor set out the challenges facing the country."
42% : But the OBR official figures published alongside the Budget this week showed the impact of inflation, and of tax rises already in place (thanks to the freeze in income tax thresholds), more than made up for the lost revenue.
41% : " For weeks in the run-up to the Budget, Ms Reeves argued that the Office for Budget responsibility was warning productivity was lower than expected, and this would force her to put taxes up.
34% : Downing Street has been forces to defend Chancellor Rachel Reeves after she was accused of misleading voters about her manifesto-breaking Budget tax rises.
34% : Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride said: "The OBR's forecasts are being used as an excuse for the Chancellor's failures and her impending tax rises."
33% : For months, Reeves has lied to the public to justify record tax hikes to pay for more welfare."

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