32+ min ago (94+ words) Lucy Leeson | Sunday 30 November 2025 09:17 GMT This is the awkward moment Rachel Reeves is shown a previous interview where she said she wouldn't raise taxes in the Autumn Budget. The Chancellor appeared on Sky Breakfast with Trevor Phillips on Sunday (30 November), where she was shown her previous interview. In the resurfaced interview, she said: "We've set the spending envelope for the course of this parliament, but we don't need to come back for more." After showing her the article, Phillips said: "That wasn't true was it?"....

54+ min ago (541+ words) Utahns are more likely to trust Republicans to reduce the cost of living in the United States, while nationally, respondents were more likely to trust Democrats, according to a new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll conducted by Morning Consult. The national poll showed 35% of respondents saying they favor Democrats" approach to lowering cost of living, while 33% said they favor Republicans. Almost a quarter (22%) said they trust neither, and 9% didn"t know or didn"t have an opinion. The trend was a bit different in Utah: 36% of respondents said they trust Republicans, 30% said they trust neither, 24% said they trust Democrats and 10% said they didn"t know/didn"t have an opinion. As of late-November, 50% of Utahns are registered Republicans, 30% are unaffiliated, 14% are Democrats, 5% are Independent and 1% are Libertarians. Utahns were more likely to believe Republicans in Congress could adequately…...

55+ min ago (722+ words) RACHEL Reeves has denied lying to the public after claims she misled the country over a "30 billion black hole in the UK finances. The Chancellor rebutted accusations she had "cried wolf" and bizarrely claimed the Budget changes were "out of my control". Pressure continues to grow on Ms Reeves, who faces further calls to resign'following a chaotic Budget week. Her much-anticipated report descended into disarray before Wednesday's speech " after the Office of Budget Responsibility published it early. Speaking on Sky News this morning, Ms Reeves piled the blame onto the Office for Budget Responsibility. When quizzed by host Trevor Phillips if she had misled the country, she responded: "Of course I didn't." Read more on rachel reeves After breaking Labour manifesto with Benefits Budget, Rachel Reeves must quit Brits give brutal verdict on Budget & predict Reeves will be axed in…...

55+ min ago (673+ words) RACHEL Reeves has denied lying to the public after claims she misled the country over a "30 billion black hole in the UK finances. The Chancellor rebutted accusations she had "cried wolf" and bizarrely claimed the Budget changes were "out of my control". Pressure continues to grow on Ms Reeves, who faces further calls to resign'following a chaotic Budget week. Her much-anticipated report descended into disarray before Wednesday's speech " after the Office of Budget Responsibility published it early. Even in the run-up, the Chancellor spent weeks warning'she had "tough decisions" to make due to a shock productivity downgrade. But the OBR has since blown the story apart, revealing it told Ms Reeves in September the'downgrade had been fully offset'by soaring tax revenues. Read more on rachel reeves Brits verdict on Labour's Budget and predict Reeves will be axed in months By…...

1+ hour, 8+ min ago (1450+ words) Rachel Reeves'had to be asked twice whether she 'lied' to Britain about the choices she faced in the Budget today. Amid rising fury at the way she softened up the public for monster tax hikes, the Chancellor initially dodged a straight question before insisting she had not deliberately misled anyone.' She insisted OBR's downgrades were to blame for her decisions - even though the watchdog had in fact been informing her privately that there was no structural black hole in the finances. Ms Reeves spent weeks before the fiscal package was unveiled talking up how the independent body had found a huge black hole in the books. However, it has emerged that the OBR told her as long ago as September that productivity downgrades were being offset by better tax revenues.' In fact by the end of October Budget forecasts were…...

1+ hour, 20+ min ago (53+ words) We don't trust Donald Trump because he told us to. And we don't trust him because the Q drops told us to. We trust him because he's earned that trust as the embodiment of MAGA. So, what of the latest attempt to redefine it? Sometimes, the call is coming from inside the house....

1+ hour, 21+ min ago (77+ words) 3rd world nations should NOT be relying on the American taxpayer.Not my problem. Never reinstitute this aid again.Join @SGTnewsNetworkX (Twitter)Truth... UPDATE: "Somalia is one of the world's poorest countries and it faces a crisis of health care made worse by the Trump administration's deep cuts in foreign aid3rd world nations should NOT be relying on the American taxpayer.Not my problem Never reinstitute this aid again.Join @SGTnewsNetworkX (Twitter)Truth Social...

1+ hour, 22+ min ago (321+ words) Sunday 30 November 2025 08:50, UK The chancellor has insisted to Sky News that she did not lie to the public about the state of the public finances ahead of the budget. Rachel Reeves is facing widespread accusations that in a speech from Downing Street on 4 November in which she laid the groundwork for tax rises, she lied about the state of the public finances. Asked directly by Sky's Trevor Phillips if she lied, she said: "Of course I didn't." Ms Reeves said the decision by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to review and downgrade productivity meant that the forecast for tax receipts was "16bn lower than expected, and said she needed tax rises to create more fiscal headroom to reassure the financial markets and create stability in the economy. But coupled with other changes in the fiscal forecast, the chancellor knew…...

1+ hour, 23+ min ago (723+ words) WATCH: Duncan Barkes and Charlotte Griffiths both believe Rachel Reeves' role as Chancellor is on borrowed time No10 branded claims of misleading the public 'categorically untrue' - but the Chancellor is facing calls to be sacked for her remarks Keir Starmer also knew there was no "black hole" in Britain's public finances - but still signed off on a speech in which Rachel Reeves allegedly misled the public. Downing Street confirmed on Saturday night the Prime Minister was happy with the speech. In it, Ms Reeves warned that poor productivity would have "consequences for the public finances" - while families would need to "do their bit" to plug the gap. But a few days earlier, the Office for Budget Responsibility had told her the black hole had disappeared, and had in fact been replaced by a "4.2billion surplus. The OBR had also made the PM…...

1+ hour, 25+ min ago (193+ words) The party argued that many of the nominees have questionable integrity and political reputations, which could undermine Nigeria's diplomatic standing both domestically and internationally. According to the PDP, appointing individuals with contentious public records sends the wrong signal ahead of future elections and constitutes a serious breach of public trust. It added, "To this end, we demand that President Bola'Tinubu'withdraw the said list and'renominate'only those with stellar democratic credentials and high moral standing, capable of commanding global respect for the ambassadorial assignments." The PDP also criticized the'nearly three-year'delay in compiling the ambassadorial list, calling it evidence of a lack of excellent people at the President's disposal. The party warned that sending ambassadors with tainted political profiles to'represent'Nigeria abroad could seriously undermine the country's reputation on the international stage and negatively affect diplomatic engagements. This development follows an earlier batch of…...