Chancellor tells MPs she was frustrated by ‘leaks that were clearly not authorised’

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Rachel Reeves has condemned leaks before her make-or-break budget as “unacceptable” as she revealed her income tax U-turn was agreed in partnership with Keir Starmer.

Defending her tax and spending plans before MPs on the Commons Treasury committee, the chancellor said she had been frustrated by “leaks that were clearly not authorised” before her November speech.

Chancellor tells MPs she was frustrated by ‘leaks that were clearly not authorised’

• UK politics live – latest updates

Rachel Reeves has condemned leaks before her make-or-break budget as “unacceptable” as she revealed her income tax U-turn was agreed in partnership with Keir Starmer.

Defending her tax and spending plans before MPs on the Commons Treasury committee, the chancellor said she had been frustrated by “leaks that were clearly not authorised” before her November speech.

Chancellor tells MPs she was frustrated by ‘leaks that were clearly not authorised’

• UK politics live – latest updates

Rachel Reeves has condemned leaks before her make-or-break budget as “unacceptable” as she revealed her income tax U-turn was agreed in partnership with Keir Starmer.

Defending her tax and spending plans before MPs on the Commons Treasury committee, the chancellor said she had been frustrated by “leaks that were clearly not authorised” before her November speech.

Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
This adaptation of the beloved tale about an ogre looks beautiful but does not grow into a giant to rival the company’s hit Roald Dahl musical

The Royal Shakespeare Company is named for its house dramatist but – since its global hit Matilda: The Musical premiered in Stratford-upon-Avon 15 winters ago – Roald Dahl has helped keep it solvent enough to do Shakespeare. An adaptation of Dahl’s 1982 book about a counter-intuitive ogre who befriends an orphan is a hoped-for Christmas gift to the coffers of an organisation making budget-trimming job cuts .

But, where Matilda was always confidently a comedy musical, The BFG feels stylistically to be juggling different shows. Adapted by Tom Wells with additional material from dramaturg Jenny Worton, the show has a strand of spoken drama, somewhat reminiscent of Sue Townsend’s The Queen and I, with a quasi-Elizabeth II, sweetly played by Helena Lymbery, saving the nation with child superhero helpers.

Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
This adaptation of the beloved tale about an ogre looks beautiful but does not grow into a giant to rival the company’s hit Roald Dahl musical

The Royal Shakespeare Company is named for its house dramatist but – since its global hit Matilda: The Musical premiered in Stratford-upon-Avon 15 winters ago – Roald Dahl has helped keep it solvent enough to do Shakespeare. An adaptation of Dahl’s 1982 book about a counter-intuitive ogre who befriends an orphan is a hoped-for Christmas gift to the coffers of an organisation making budget-trimming job cuts .

But, where Matilda was always confidently a comedy musical, The BFG feels stylistically to be juggling different shows. Adapted by Tom Wells with additional material from dramaturg Jenny Worton, the show has a strand of spoken drama, somewhat reminiscent of Sue Townsend’s The Queen and I, with a quasi-Elizabeth II, sweetly played by Helena Lymbery, saving the nation with child superhero helpers.

Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
This adaptation of the beloved tale about an ogre looks beautiful but does not grow into a giant to rival the company’s hit Roald Dahl musical

The Royal Shakespeare Company is named for its house dramatist but – since its global hit Matilda: The Musical premiered in Stratford-upon-Avon 15 winters ago – Roald Dahl has helped keep it solvent enough to do Shakespeare. An adaptation of Dahl’s 1982 book about a counter-intuitive ogre who befriends an orphan is a hoped-for Christmas gift to the coffers of an organisation making budget-trimming job cuts .

But, where Matilda was always confidently a comedy musical, The BFG feels stylistically to be juggling different shows. Adapted by Tom Wells with additional material from dramaturg Jenny Worton, the show has a strand of spoken drama, somewhat reminiscent of Sue Townsend’s The Queen and I, with a quasi-Elizabeth II, sweetly played by Helena Lymbery, saving the nation with child superhero helpers.

Sharaz Ali, 40, was motivated by jealousy and fuelled by drugs and alcohol when he set fire to house, jury heard

A man who set fire to a house killing a woman and her three children aged nine, five and 22 months has been found guilty of murder.

Sharaz Ali, 40, was motivated by jealousy and fuelled by drugs and alcohol when he set fire to the house in Bradford at 2am on 21 August last year, a jury heard.

Sharaz Ali, 40, was motivated by jealousy and fuelled by drugs and alcohol when he set fire to house, jury heard

A man who set fire to a house killing a woman and her three children aged nine, five and 22 months has been found guilty of murder.

Sharaz Ali, 40, was motivated by jealousy and fuelled by drugs and alcohol when he set fire to the house in Bradford at 2am on 21 August last year, a jury heard.

Sharaz Ali, 40, was motivated by jealousy and fuelled by drugs and alcohol when he set fire to house, jury heard

A man who set fire to a house killing a woman and her three children aged nine, five and 22 months has been found guilty of murder.

Sharaz Ali, 40, was motivated by jealousy and fuelled by drugs and alcohol when he set fire to the house in Bradford at 2am on 21 August last year, a jury heard.