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Podcast: The Julia Hartley-Brewer Show
Episode: OBR Budget Disaster: Rachel Reeves' High Taxing Welfare Splurge
Description: In today's explosive episode, we dive headfirst into the chaos of the UK Autumn Budget 2025 – a day that started with high drama and ended with Chancellor Rachel Reeves facing her toughest grilling yet. Just minutes before she rose in the House of Commons to deliver her fiscal blueprint, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) dropped a bombshell: the national budget is set to balloon by a staggering £29 billion by 2029-30. Was it a deliberate leak from Labour insiders, a Tory sabotage, or just bureaucratic bungling? We unpack the fallout, the finger-pointing, and what it means for your wallet. Hosted on...