Conservative leader delivers a blistering Commons response, accusing Labour of soaring borrowing, rising unemployment, an unsustainable welfare bill and failing to fund Britain’s defence, before setting out a Conservative alternative built on spending cuts, lower taxes and economic growth. There was no shortage of grand promises, self-congratulation or familiar attacks on the Conservatives when Chancellor … Continue reading ‘A Budget for getting by, not getting on’: Kemi Badenoch tears into Labour’s economic record as Chancellor unveils billions in new spending