Rachel Reeves says Tories ‘lied about public finances’ as she defends her response to £22bn spending shortfall – UK politics live

Rachel Reeves says Tories ‘lied about public finances’ as she defends her response to £22bn spending shortfall – UK politics live

The chancellor and shadow chancellor are both on this morning’s media round

Husain asks about Hunt’s point about the estimates presented to parliament last week having different spending figures. (See 8.10am.)

Reeves says the estimates presented to parliament last week were the ones from the last government. MPs needed to vote on them to give the government authority to spend money, she says. She says updated estimates will be published later this year.

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