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“Surely this isn’t true", Emily Thornberry said.

Hunt repeatedly said he did not “accept” the OBR’s prediction that Brexit will cause a 4 per cent GDP reduction in the long term.

“I accept the ones I agree with and I don’t accept the ones I don’t agree with", the chancellor said.

"The best guarantor of Brexit is an economy that grows. Its biggest risk is one that doesn’t", CBI director general Tony Danker will say.

Nadine Dorries was among those to criticise the comedian over the stunt.

Sterling dropped more than 1.2 per cent to 1.177 US dollars and was 0.5 per cent lower at 1.14 euros in the wake of the gloomy recession forecasts.

Economic data suggests the UK is in for a long and tough ride, with all eyes primed on the upcoming autumn statement.

Relishing his newfound “freedom of the backbenches”, the former environment secretary launched a stinging attack on the government.

The chancellor is set to gamble on delaying spending cuts so that Labour will shoulder the worst of the pain - but it could backfire.