Should Starmer Allow Reeves to Resign Over Budget ‘Lies’ or Shoulder the Blame Himself? Cast Your Vote Now!

(L-R) Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves and Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer on stage on the second day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 29, 2025. The four-day gathering in Liverpool, comes amid chatter about a possible leadership challenge and follows two recent high-profile departures from his government. The conference, which ends on Wednesday, takes place with Labour lagging well behind the upstart anti-immigrant Reform UK party, in national surveys. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)Credit: AFP

THE Chancellor is at the centre of a growing row over whether she misled voters in the run-up to the Budget.

Rachel Reeves has been accused of deceiving the public by exaggerating the state of the UK’s finances.

It comes after it was revealed that for Budget Responsibility (OBR) privately told The Treasury that the public finances were actually in surplus.

Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch, suggested this was done in order to introduce welfare reforms through tax rises.

After scrapping the two-child benefit cap and freezing income tax thresholds, Ms Reeves denies misleading the public, telling the that she was “honest and upfront”.

Sir Keir has defended Ms Reeves amid calls for her to appear before MPs to explain herself, saying “there was no misleading” and that “ is always about making choices”.

With critics calling for Ms Reeves to resign, do you think the PM should take on the responsibility for this reported deceit?

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