Deputy speaker Nusrat Ghani scolds Labour over early Budget briefings

Deputy speaker Nusrat Ghani scolds Labour over early Budget briefings

The Deputy Speaker has condemned the government for extensively speaking to the media in the weeks leading up to the Budget. Addressing MPs before Rachel Reeves began her speech on Wednesday (26 November), Nusrat Ghani criticised the “disappointing” extensive media briefings in the past few weeks, which she labelled as “unprecedented”. Going on to reference the OBR leaks which occurred an hour before the Chancellor gave her speech, she said: “Th…