Jeremy Hunt grills Chancellor Rachel Reeves over alleged 'cronyism', though the Chancellor hit bit, calling the comments 'brass neck'.
Jeremy Hunt last night called for Britain’s economic watchdog to prevent Labour ‘fiddling the fiscal rules’.
But in recent weeks she has ducked question about whether she will change the definition used for debt - a move which could allow her to borrow billions more. Read More Labour is accused of 'picking the pockets of pensioners' with winter fuel plans Ms Reeves will today bring forward the Budget Responsibility Bill, which will require the government to get an OBR assessment of any tax package totalling more than one per cent of GDP.
He told the Mail: ‘If you’re going to claim the mantle of responsibility, surely that applies to changes to fiscal rules, which would allow you to increase borrowing massively.
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