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Good Morning Britain’s regular broadcast was interrupted on Tuesday’s instalment of the show as political correspondent Richard Gaisford stood outside No. 10 Downing Street to announce that Keir Starmer will hold a cabinet meeting today amid further fallout from Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget.

It comes after the Labour leader’s unprecedented speech on Monday defending Reeves, and the resignation of Richard Hughes, who was the Budget watchdog chief. Gaisford told hosts Charlotte Hawkins, who was speaking to him live from the ITV studio: “They are the focus of many headlines still in the right-leaning press, really, about the decision to increase welfare spending by raising taxes.

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“And importantly, Charlotte, not actually revealing the full state of the nation’s finances in that press conference on November 4.”

He added: “The Christmas lights are now on here in Downing Street, but there’s not a lot of festive cheer though. It’s going to be an interesting, potentially tense cabinet meeting, as the Chancellor will be sitting around the table with senior government ministers who, it seems, have been talking to newspapers saying they feel she misled them and misled the country as well.”

The GMB star explained that Reeves has the “tough task” of having to find a new chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility after the boss resigned yesterday (Monday, December 1).