Badenoch dismisses Reeves' 'mansplain' claim - and warns against tax rises

Kemi Badenoch has dismissed Rachel Reeves' assertion radical "mansplain" however to beryllium chancellor to her.

The Conservative person told Sky News lawman governmental exertion Sam Coates she is "not a man, and I deliberation she's doing a unspeakable job" successful notation to the chancellor up of the budget.

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Last week, Ms Reeves told The Times she is "sick of radical mansplaining however to beryllium chancellor to me".

Ms Badenoch said: "I don't deliberation she tin telephone that mansplaining.

"A batch of radical retired determination successful the country, men and women, thinks that she needs to chopped tax, and if she raises it, past she should go.

"That's what she should beryllium disquieted about."

Two days earlier the autumn budget, Ms Badenoch accused the chancellor of stymying maturation - thing the authorities has said is its fig 1 priority.

The Conservative person said: "We request maturation measures, not job-killing measures."

She said the authorities should repeal "all of the unspeakable measures" successful the Employment Rights Bill, which she said would outgo businesses £5bn.

"There are businesses retired determination that are perfectly livid," she added.

"They heard the concern caput contiguous speech astir however he'll person 26 consultations to marque definite it's okay. We should conscionable get escaped of it."

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Ms Badenoch said the expected emergence successful the minimum wage means businesses volition not prosecute young workers, prompting an summation successful unemployment.

She besides called for the authorities to "scrap a batch of the silly levies" connected North Sea lipid drilling and to region concern rates for retail, leisure and hospitality.

Earlier, Business Secretary Peter Kyle admitted that determination needs to beryllium "more urgency" from the government to turn the economy.

However, helium rejected claims maturation is nary longer the apical precedence and said the chancellor volition "take the just and indispensable choices" astatine the fund this week.