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Tories challenge chancellor to rule out tax rises in budget as Badenoch labelled ‘embarrassment’ for Bank of England gaffe – UK politics live

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Tories challenge chancellor to rule out tax rises in budget as Badenoch labelled ‘embarrassment’ for Bank of England gaffe – UK politics live

The Guardian · Sep 17, 2026, 8:44 AM UTC

The Conservatives want to brand Burnham’s administration as a ‘traditional tax and spend socialist government’ This is from Torsten Bell , a Treasury minister, on Kemi Badenoch’s attack on Paul Nowak getting a post as a non-executive director on the Bank of England’s court.…