Rachel Reeves was called a "compulsive liar" by Robert Jenrick, who also called the Budget a "Halloween horror show." The Tory candidate for leadership attacked the Chancellor over Labour's pre-election promises to avoid raising taxes. Rachel Reeves was called a "compulsive liar" by Robert Jenrick, who also called the Budget a "Halloween horror show." The Tory candidate for leadership attacked the Chancellor over Labour's pre-election promises to avoid raising taxes.He told Sky News: “What we saw yesterday was a Halloween horror show. This was the biggest political heist in modern British history. 

“£40 billion of tax rises hurting people across this country and just three months ago the Labour Party won an election on a pledge not to raise taxes. I am afraid Rachel Reeves, who you have just interviewed, is acting like a compulsive liar. “She said during the general election she wasn’t going to raise taxes. She just has. She said she wasn’t going to increase debt. She just massively increased debt.

“And then after the election she invented that there was a black hole. The public will not trust this Labour Government. They are making it up to justify immense tax rises that are going to hurt the economy, hurts people’s working lives.”  Ms Reeves defended the Budget this morning as she said she had made the “right decisions in the circumstances that I faced”.