The arguments over last week’s budget continue; first chancellor Rachel Reeves was accused of misleading MPs and the public over the state of public finances, then the chair of the budget watchdog, the Office for Budget Responsibility, resigned. So how did this row unfold and where does it leave the Prime Minister?

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Guest: Oliver Wright, policy editor, The Times.

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Producers: Olivia Case, Shabnam Grewal.

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