“This is public money, and the processes involved in decision-making should be fully transparent and beyond reproach. We need a full and thorough investigation into what’s happened here.”
Anneliese Dodds, the shadow chancellor, accused Sunak of undervaluing nurses as the NHS pay rise row continues.
Party analysis indicates that the cumulative effect of an immediate council tax rise, an effective pay cut and a looming freeze to income tax thresholds will leave a newly qualified nurse with £307 less in their pocket by 2023.
The “spending plans in particular don’t look deliverable, at least not without considerable pain”.
Rishi Sunak has not done enough to prevent a surge in unemployment after coronavirus, the IPPR said.
The broadcaster portrayed the chancellor as Superman last year in footage that had to be eventually deleted.
Sunak has previously been mocked for posting graphics and soft-focus pictures overlaid with his signature and artistic text on social media.
"You’ll remember the Prime Minister promised to put his arms around everybody in the UK and that’s not been the case."
It overlooks the fact that for first-time-buyers the problem is not just deposit costs, but low wages that make mortgage rates unaffordable.