Nigel Farage has responded (extracted from GB News):
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has accused Rachel Reeves of launching an “assault on aspiration” after the Chancellor unveiled £26billion in tax rises in her second Budget.
Mr Farage accused Ms Reeves of launching an "assault on aspiration", "killing off" dividend pensions and warned high-earners will continue to leave the UK in their droves to avoid sky-high taxes.
Speaking in Westminster, the Reform UK leader said: “One thing that was very clear to me watching the Budget was that we are in an economic doom loop and no one seems to recognise it, neither the last Conservative government nor this Labour Government.
“There isn’t really much truth being spoken about how much trouble we’re in.
"But there was one absolute truth that came from Rachel Reeves this morning and that was that this Government had a very bad inheritance.”
The Reform UK leader added: “This really was the ‘Alice through the looking glass’ Budget, with a healthy dose of socialism thrown in.
"Yes, words mean what I say they mean, not what they really mean. She talks about growth and yet the projections for the next few years, growth is continually being downgraded.
“They literally talked repeatedly about cutting debt and yet even in their first year they’ve borrowed £21billion more than they were forecast to borrow before they’ve even started.
“And the parts I found really difficult to swallow she talked about supporting entrepreneurs, not understanding that entrepreneurial people are generally deciding not to stay in this country, let alone invest in this country … None of what she really said today was true.”
