Overview
- Speaking from the G20 in South Africa, Keir Starmer said women in public roles receive far more abuse and criticism than men.
- Rachel Reeves recently said she was being mansplained to about how to be chancellor and suggested some criticism of her is sexist.
- Reeves is set to deliver the autumn budget on Wednesday 26 November, with weak growth, persistent inflation and a likely productivity downgrade shaping the outlook.
- Conservative shadow chancellor Mel Stride called Reeves’s sexism remarks a smokescreen and blamed current economic problems on government mismanagement.
- An increase in income tax is no longer expected, and reporting points to a possible extension of the income tax threshold freeze to help fill the estimated £20bn shortfall.