Kemi Badenoch has doubled down on her scathing Budget attack against Rachel Reeves after the Chancellor admitted she felt “uncomfortable” listening to the Tory leader’s response.

Mrs Badenoch, who addressed City chiefs at the Institute for Chartered Accountants in London this morning, labelled Ms Reeves “spineless, shameless and completely aimless” after the Chancellor announced £26billion in tax rises.

She added: “Let me explain to the Chancellor, woman to woman: people out there aren’t complaining because she’s female, they’re complaining because she is utterly incompetent.”

Speaking to GB News this morning, the Leader of the Opposition revealed she has no regrets about her choice of language and tone.

“I was speaking for a lot of people out there who were tearing their hair out at the way that Rachel Reeves is punishing them,” Mrs Badenoch said.

“You go to any pub, you see what they’re dealing with, speak to any farmer, any small business – they are suffering.

“There was nothing in this budget for them. This was a Budget for benefits.”

When asked why her Budget grilling prompted such fury, Mrs Badenoch added: “I think because a lot of people on the left think that they are virtuous and holier than thou, and they don’t deserve any criticism; that it’s the people on the right who are the bad people. And I’ve got no truck with that.

“And I wasn’t going to pull my punches. It was the first time I had a chance to respond to a budget, and I wanted to make sure that I was heard, and I was very clear.

“It’s sometimes, you know, with these economic statements, it can get very dry and technical and people don’t actually understand what’s gone wrong.

“I wanted the public to know that I know what’s gone wrong, and I’m speaking for that.”

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