Chancellor Rachel Reeves has hit out over the leaks which came out ahead of her controversial Budget in November Rachel Reeves (Image: Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Everything you need to know about what Rachel Reeves claims about Budget leaks

Rachel Reeves has accepted that there were “too many” leaks ahead of her Grinch-budget.

The Chancellor described the leaks as “unacceptable”, “inaccurate” and “very damaging”. She told MPs sitting on the Treasury select committee: “It was not an off-the-record briefing, it was a leak.”

Before the Budget, the Chancellor had fuelled speculation she was preparing to raise income tax, suggesting that sticking to Labour’s manifesto promises, which included a pledge not to hike income tax, would only be possible with “deep cuts” to public investm

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