Lies about the budget were within government's set limits for duplicity, says Reeves

"Kemi is saying I lied to the public in the run-up to the Budget, softening them up for tax rises they didn't really need to pay," whimpered Rachel Reeves, wiping a customary tear from her eye."But my lie was well within the limits for day-to-day deception that this government has set itself," continued Honest Rach."For example, I said on my CV that I had worked for 10 years as an economist at the Halifax, when I actually worked in their complaints department."This year's lie wasn't half as fals