The prime minister distanced himself from Rachel Reeves' promise to businesses that there will be no further repeat of her controversial October budget measures.
Sir Keir Starmer has refused to repeat a promise made by the chancellor that the government will not raise any more borrowing or taxes. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch challenged the prime minister to double down on Rachel Reeves' commitment at the Confederation of British Industry conference on Monday.
7bn of unfunded commitments in just three weeks as leader of the opposition' and noted that she hasn't said if the Conservatives would actually reverse the government's NI rise. 'They really haven't got a clue what they're doing,' he added.
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