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BRITAIN “needs a chancellor, not a conjurer,” John McDonnell said yesterday, as he accused Philip Hammond of “old-fashioned spin” over Brexit.
In a speech to the International Monetary Fund in Bali, Mr Hammond boasted that the government is on track to achieve a Brexit that can solidly deliver on frictionless trade with the European Union and will allow the Treasury a double bonus in the Budget.
The Chancellor claimed the bonus would allow the government to both boost public spending and cut taxes.
Starmer sabotaged Labour with his second referendum campaign, mobilising a liberal backlash that sincerely felt progressive ideals were at stake — but the EU was then and is now an entity Britain should have nothing to do with, explains NICK WRIGHT
Our two-tear Chancellor’s woes at PMQs caused a multimillion-pound sinking feeling on the bond market, writes ANDREW MURRAY