Conservative Leader Rishi Sunak launched a blistering attack on Rachel Reeves over her Autumn Budget, saying it contains “broken promise after broken promise”.
Mr Sunak, who was UK Chancellor under Boris Johnson, hit out at the series of tax hikes set out by Reeves in Labour's first Budget since the General Election.
“Time and again, we Conservatives warned Labour would tax, borrow and spend far beyond what they were telling the country and time and time again they denied they had such plans, but today the truth has come out”, he said.
“Proof they planned to do this all along. Today’s Budget sees the fiscal rules fiddled. Borrowing increased by billions of pounds, inflation-busting hand outs for trade unions.
Rishi Sunak was furious at the Budget announcement, saying: "Britain’s poorest pensioners squeezed, welfare spending out of control and a spree of tax rises they promised the working people of this country they would not do.
“National Insurance up, capital gains tax up, inheritance tax up, energy taxes up, business rates up, first-time buyer stamp duty up. pensions tax up.
“They have fiddled the figures!”, claimed Mr Sunak who is shortly to be replaced as Conservative Leader following a membership ballot.
