Jeremy Hunt has responded to Rachel Reeves' accusation that he is a "liar" over almost £22bn of unfunded commitments that she said were “covered up from the country”.
Rachel Reeves called Jeremy Hunt a "liar" after accusing the previous government of leaving almost £22bn of unfunded commitments that it had “covered up from the country”.
The chancellor has said her predecessor Jeremy Hunt "lied" as she accused him of deliberately covering up the truth about the state of the UK's finances.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves said Tory Jeremy Hunt 'knowingly and deliberately' covered up the state of public finances, and went to say he 'lied' during the General Election campaign
Jeremy Hunt has accused Labour of providing incorrect information on the state of the economy after Rachel Reeves said the Conservatives left a £22 billion black hole in the public finances.
The chancellor has suggested the Conservatives “put party before country” as she blamed Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt for a black hole in public finances.
Rachel Reeves is expected to tell parliament that Rishi Sunak’s party left a £20bn black hole in the public finances, including making ‘significant funding commitments’ this year with no idea how they would be paid for
Chancellor Rachel Reeves criticised the Tories for leaving the economy in a terrible state as she set out her plans for a Covid Commissioner to claw back money lost to fraud