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Keir Starmer has insisted there was ‘no misleading’ by the Chancellor ahead of last week’s Budget amid an escalating clash with the government’s fiscal watchdog.

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has claimed Rachel Reeves was well aware its economic forecast was rosier than expected – despite her using a supposed ‘black hole’ to justify her tax hikes.

Last Wednesday, she told MPs she would raise billions by freezing income tax thresholds, then use that cash to increase her headroom and pay for measures including the scrapping of the two-child benefit cap.

The announcement came after weeks of briefing and hinting from the Treasury that the Chancellor was worki

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