From: the.happy.hippy.nntp@ntlworld.invalid   
      
   https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gex225p5jo   
      
      
      
   Downing Street has denied Rachel Reeves misled the public about the state of   
   the public finances ahead of this week's Budget.   
      
   In the run-up to Wednesday's statement, the chancellor repeatedly talked about   
   a downgrade to the UK's predicted economic productivity that would make it   
   hard for her to meet her spending rules.   
      
   But in a letter to the Commons Treasury select committee, OBR chairman Richard   
   Hughes revealed that he told the chancellor on 17 September that the public   
   finances were in better shape than widely thought.   
      
   That meant she had a surplus to meet both of her fiscal rules.   
      
      
      
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