WATCH IN FULL: Kemi Badenoch brands Rachel Reeves pre-Budget speech 'wafflebomb'

Kemi Badenoch has accused Labour of “punishing hard-working Brits” with fresh tax hikes demanding instead that the Government “get a grip on spending.”The Conservative leader hit back after Chancellor Rachel Reeves all but confirmed she will raise taxes again in her upcoming Budget.Speaking at an event in central London, Mrs Badenoch said the Government had “quietly given up” on tackling Britain’s spiralling welfare bill.“The Chancellor’s speech was one long waffle bomb, a laundry list of excuses,” she told reporters.“She blamed everybody else for her own choices, her own decisions, her own failures.”Mrs Badenoch warned that Labour’s tax-and-spend approach would “strangle growth” and leave working families footing the bill for the party’s broken promises.WATCH IN FULL ABOVE