Senior cabinet minister Darren Jones has said he does not feel misled by Rachel Reeves "in the slightest" following claims she told the cabinet there was a hole in public finances to justify tax rises.

Mr Jones, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, told Mornings with Ridge and Frost the chancellor was "right all the way through that we needed to raise more money than was available... through the OBR forecast".

Some ministers have told The Times Ms Reeves did not tell the cabinet "the reality" of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecasts.

But asked if he felt misled by the chancellor, Mr Jones said: "No, not in the slightest.

"The chancellor didn't say anything of the kind."

Two days after last Wednesday's budget - when Ms Reeves set out a record-breaking £26bn in tax

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