GB News host Patrick Christys had weighed in on Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves regarding how they have handled Britain’s finances and the Budget tax rises. It comes after Chancellor Rachel Reeves finally revealed her 2025 Budget. She confirmed that income tax thresholds will remain frozen for another three years, until 2030-31. She also set out a record-breaking £26 billion in tax rises. However, Sir Keir Starmer has recently insisted Rachel Reeves did not mislead the public over the state of the public finances ahead of the Budget. He was quizzed yesterday on whether the Chancellor failed to offer “the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth”.

Starmer said: “There was no misleading, and I simply don’t accept, and I was receiving the numbers, that being told that the Office for Budget Responsibility productivity review means you’ve got £16 billion less than you would otherwise have had shows that you’ve got an easy starting point.

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“Yes, of course, all the other figures have to be taken into account. But we started the process with significantly less than we would otherwise have had.”

Speaking about the topic and the tax rises, Christys said on GB News: “I think this is terminal for Starmer and Reeves, and whenever they open their mouths, the public will just think they are lying.”

He also asked: “Is Britain being led by pathological liars?” Christy also claims that Reeves appears to have lied “several times”, citing numerous interviews she conducted with the likes of the BBC and The Guardian.

Christys said that this is a “long-running whopper” in the two months running up to the Budget.

Downing Street stated that Starmer was satisfied with a speech given by Reeves on November 4, which created the perception that there was a £20 billion black hole in public finances, when, in fact, it has been revealed that there was a reported surplus.

Speaking to Sky News on Sunday, Reeves remarked that she “of course” did not lie to the public when she set out the economic picture at the beginning of November.

The backing of the PM appears to be at odds with the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), which stated that it informed the Chancellor as early as October 31 that there was no longer a shortfall in the public purse.