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Brewster's millions said:
The Financial Times submitted a freedom of information request relating to the claimed £22bn black hole, asking for a full breakdown, and the Treasury promptly refused.

Strange that the government should be so reticent to provide these details, given the number of times they’ve referenced the £22bn figure and the amount of political capital they are trying to generate from it.
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Its not a Treasury document its produced and belongs to the OBR who will release it themselves tomorrow.
 
mosssideblue said:
OBR are publicly releasing the info tomorrow - keep up
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That’s not the case I’m afraid.

The OBR report has been widely reported as a breakdown of the £22bn figure, but that isn’t entirely accurate, for a couple of reasons.

One reason is that the £22bn figure obviously includes the cost of actions taken by the new government. The other reason is that the £22bn claim also includes a figure of £8.6bn which is being earmarked for normal reserve / contingency claims which haven’t been itemised (an actual black hole within a claimed black hole).

The OBR are actually reporting on the exchange of information between themselves and the Treasury in relation to the departmental spending limits drawn up in the March Budget, but it won’t provide a full breakdown of the claimed £22bn figure or provide any corroboration of the figure as such.

Hope this helps.
 
Brewster's millions said:
That’s not the case I’m afraid.

The OBR report has been widely reported as a breakdown of the £22bn figure, but that isn’t entirely accurate, for a couple of reasons.

One reason is that the £22bn figure obviously includes the cost of actions taken by the new government. The other reason is that the £22bn claim also includes a figure of £8.6bn which is being earmarked for normal reserve / contingency claims which haven’t been itemised (an actual black hole within a claimed black hole).

The OBR are actually reporting on the exchange of information between themselves and the Treasury in relation to the departmental spending limits drawn up in the March Budget, but it won’t provide a full breakdown of the claimed £22bn figure or provide any corroboration of the figure as such.

Hope this helps.
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So why is Hunt the **** shitting himself?
 
I have watched excerpts from this on twitter - piss funny as for once he faces and interviewer that asks "why" and "explain please" and his brain just shuts down as he is not used to back chat

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This especially straight-talking Aussie interview is our favourite Boris Johnson takedown for as long as we can remember

Boris Johnson’s book tour appears to have taken him all the other side of the world for his only Australian TV interview, Channel 9’s 60 Minutes. Alas for everyone else, the interview was recorded in South Kensington, not the other side of the world, but that’s not why we’re here. We’re here...
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bluethrunthru said:
Fair play to Hollinrake - he will smash his forehead against an alabaster wall and as the blood pours down he will deny its happening

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That's after he was trying to justify the appalling comments of Jenrick (and Badenoch) about the investigations into the Southport killings.
 
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