Rachel Reeves squirms in BBC interview as she denies misleading public over Budget

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : The OBR later informed Reeves in October that the spending gap had closed altogether and that it had even run into a £4bn surplus, despite Reeves still claiming in November that the UK Government had no choice but to raise taxes as it was short of cash.
40% : When asked by Kuenssberg if she misled the public into believing that taxes had to go up as there was a £20bn "black hole" the Chancellor said: "I'm really pleased that you've given me a chance to answer that question directly.
39% : The Chancellor of the Exchequer was grilled by Laura Kuenssberg on her Sunday morning political show on the BBC about whether she had purposely misled people when she claimed that the UK Government had less cash than previously thought, so she had to increase taxes.
38% : " Reeves was once again asked whether the Treasury deliberately created the impression that it was going to have to put people's taxes up to fill a "big gap" in the public finances that simply didn't exist.
36% : Kuenssberg added: "Your message was plainly 'sorry everyone in the country, there's less than we thought, so I'm gonna have to put your taxes up'.
36% : "On November 10th, you said you told the BBC sticking to your election promise not to put taxes up would require deep cuts in spending on long-term projects.
34% : "Millions of families are now paying the price for Labour Party lies and failure - with taxes up £26billion, economic growth slashed, living standards falling, the cost of living soaring, and UK unemployment rising to a four year high on their watch.

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