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Starmer Criticizes Budget Leak, Backs Welfare Reforms

12/1/2025

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Keir Starmer, Labour Party leader, condemned the budget leak as a serious error.
He supported the Office for Budget Responsibility but withheld full confidence in its chair, Richard Hughes.
Starmer said he considered breaking Labour’s pledge not to raise income tax, but decided against it.
He cited energy bill cuts and wage increases to ease the cost of living and urged closer EU ties and welfare reform.

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Keir Starmer, Labour Party leader, condemned the budget leak as a serious error.
He supported the Office for Budget Responsibility but withheld full confidence in its chair, Richard Hughes.
Starmer said he considered breaking Labour’s pledge not to raise income tax, but decided against it.
He cited energy bill cuts and wage increases to ease the cost of living and urged closer EU ties and welfare reform.