The Deputy Speakers' reprimand was mostly about the pre-budget briefings the government had been indulging in, and was justified. Precedent, not perfectly observed in recent times, is that the budget is kept as secret as possible until the Chancellor's budget speech.
Badenoch's style is ferociously to oppose anything the government does, without necessarily bothering to offer alternatives. It's not been successful.
Sunak called a general election when he did because he didn't want face the coming budget problems. Unlike the USA, the UK cannot run ever-increasing deficits with impunity.
My recollection is that it's usual for the Shadow Chancellor, not the Leader of the Opposition, to deliver the response to the Chancellor's budget. Few could name him.
The Deputy Speakers' reprimand was mostly about the pre-budget briefings the government had been indulging in, and was justified. Precedent, not perfectly observed in recent times, is that the budget is kept as secret as possible until the Chancellor's budget speech.
Badenoch's style is ferociously to oppose anything the government does, without necessarily bothering to offer alternatives. It's not been successful.
Sunak called a general election when he did because he didn't want face the coming budget problems. Unlike the USA, the UK cannot run ever-increasing deficits with impunity.
My recollection is that it's usual for the Shadow Chancellor, not the Leader of the Opposition, to deliver the response to the Chancellor's budget. Few could name him.