Sir Keir Starmer will back the Budget and vow to go “further and faster” on growth amid claims Rachel Reeves misled voters over the scale of fiscal challenge.
Reeves had claimed the a downgrade to the UK’s economic productivity would make it harder to meet her own fiscal rules. Pre-Budget speculation stated she faced as much as a £20bn gap in meeting her fiscal rules.
But the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) on Friday said it had informed the Chancellor as early as September 17 that an improved tax take from growing wages and inflation meant the shortfall was likely smaller than initially expected, and told her in October it had been eliminated altogether.
In a bid to defend his Chancellor, Starmer will say “economic growth is beating the forecasts”, but that the Government must go “further and faster” to encourage it.
He will also unveil new reforms to building nuclear power station to cut red tape.
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Sir Keir Starmer will back the Budget while acknowledging the Government must go “further and faster” on growth, as Downing Street dismissed claims Rachel Reeves misled voters over the scale of the fiscal challenge as “categorically untrue”.
The Chancellor will face fresh scrutiny on Sunday’s media round over what she told the public and markets about the state of the economy.
It comes amid a growing row over pre-Budget speculation that she faced as much as a £20 billion gap in meeting her fiscal rules, partly as a result of a downgrade in productivity forecasts.
Those rumours were fuelled by Ms Reeves when she used a speech on November 4 to suggest tax rises were needed because poor productivity growth would have “consequences for the public finances”.
But the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) on Friday said it had informed the Chancellor as early as September 17 that an improved tax take from growing wages and inflation meant the shortfall was likely smaller than initially expected, and told her in October it had been eliminated altogether.
In an attempt to move the agenda on, Sir Keir will use a speech on Monday to support the decisions taken by Ms Reeves in the Budget and set out his long-term growth plans.
He will praise the Budget for bearing down on the cost of living, ensuring economic stability through greater headroom, lower inflation and a commitment to fiscal rules, and protecting investment and public services.
Sir Keir will say “economic growth is beating the forecasts”, but that the Government must go “further and faster” to encourage it.
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