Jeremy Hunt: Rachel Reeves' argument is 'not credible and won't wash'

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Published 2024-07-29
Former chancellor Jeremy Hunt has hit back at his successor Rachel Reeves and said she had privileged access to Treasury civil servants from January and could have discovered the £20bn "black hole" which has "magically emerged" since then.

He added: "If you're in charge of the economy, it's time to stop trash talking it. She should stop playing politics with Britain's reputation and get on with running the economy."

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All Comments (21)
  • @StuartBusby
    The temerity of criticising when it's the Tories mess that they are having to deal with. Unbelievable
  • @htasul
    Hunt is literally saying, 'yes the situation is awful... yes I created that problem...'
  • @Ahrimas
    So Hunt is admitting to knowing exactly how bad a job he was doing while he was chancellor?
  • @joeoconnor5400
    Put simply Hunt doesnt like it up him and the 2010 old chestnust is as dead as the Parrot in Monty Python.
  • @bluebadger8811
    Now we know why rishi was so keen on mathematics!!! 22billion of scribbled out sums!!!
  • If this is about the Stonehenge tunnel the tories ought to have listened the first time by the court rulings that the plan was rubbish.
  • @gabrielc1989w
    So Jeremy Hunt and everybody else should know about the 20 billions shortfall but he still promised tax cuts?
  • Well labour hit the ground running. Just like muggers do after targeting old people.
  • @evansmusic48
    Hearing him attempting to defend the indefensible I couldn't help but wonder if he has any regrets winning his seat?......it was close!!!
  • @user-vy5sl6hh9c
    Can we open a court case to examine our new chancellor statement whether she has no access or never able to access those documents?
  • @McBoaster
    Who ran up the debt eh Jezza??? Tories are dead.
  • Funny how he mentions Paul Johnson, director of the IFS when he has just come out and said that Reeves is right here and that the last government have many questions to answer
  • @mickyg6981
    Poor poor Jewemy, he couldn't take it on the chin today or say sowwy, complete entitled tossa.
  • @JN-om6rw
    One way to sort this is to get the IMF auditors in to do a forensic
  • @smarcier2719
    How dare ANY Tory speak of credibility? NO shame Tories are the norm unfortunately.