Sir Keir Starmer has insisted that there was "no misleading" by Chancellor Rachel Reeves over the state of the public finances before the Budget.Ms Reeves has faced claims she misled voters by overstating the scale of the fiscal challenge in the run-up to last week's Budget, in which she announced £26 billion worth of tax rises.She has also reportedly been accused of misleading the Cabinet.

Sir Keir Starmer has insisted that there was "no misleading" by Chancellor Rachel Reeves over the state of the public finances before the Budget.Ms Reeves has faced claims she misled voters by overstating the scale of the fiscal challenge in the run-up to last week's Budget, in which she announced £26 billion worth of tax rises.She has also reportedly been accused of misleading the Cabinet.