Kemi Badenoch called for Rachel Reeves to resign or be sacked after her tax-hiking Budget today. The Chacellor unveiled £26 billion of tax rises as she delivered her statement to MPs in the Commons.

The Conservative leader said the Budget was a "total humiliation" for Ms Reeves and "if she had any decency she would resign". Mrs Badenoch added that Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer should "grow a backbone and sack her".

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Mrs Badenoch said: "All this Budget delivers is higher taxes and out of control spending. Nobody voted for this. The Chancellor must take responsibility.

"She chose to impose the jobs tax, driving unemployment higher month after month. She chose to abandon welfare reform, meaning the benefit

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