Richard Fuller

Richard Fuller

Conservative — North Bedfordshire

Speaking in the House of Commons on 29 January 2025

Debate

Charter for Budget Responsibility

Contribution

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury is making a bizarre comment. The point is that the Chancellor stated in 2023 that she would not fiddle the figures. She has now changed the numbers. The definition of debt for public sector net debt excluding the Bank of England is different from her PSNFL. They are different. It enables the Chancellor to borrow more. That is fiddling the figures to achieve an objective. It is not the same, and she did not tell the truth when she said that she would not fiddle the figures.

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