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Hello, I'm Sean Curran, and this is yesterday in Parliament from BBC Radio 4.

After weeks of leaks and media stories, you probably knew what to expect from Rachel Reeves's second budget.

But many of the MPs who crowded into the Commons Chamber to listen to the

Chancellor on Wednesday the 26th of November knew exactly what she was going to say.

By noon it was standing room only in the House of Commons. MPs keen to guarantee a seat for

Prime Minister's questions in the budget had arrived early.

Latecomers lined the walls and crowded at the entrance to the chamber. But for all the noisy chatter,

most MPs knew what was coming, and not just because of all the leaks and announcements over the

past few weeks. Even just in the last 10 minutes, an unprecedented leak of the OBR analysis.

Nobody will have had that behind the final window on their budget advent calendar.

The Independent Watchdog, the Office for Budget Responsibility, had revealed, by mistake,

the contents of the Chancellor's statement.

About 40 minutes before Rachel Reeves got to her feet in the Commons.

The Conservative leader, Kemi Biednock, said it had been the most chaotic lead-up to a budget in living memory.

These leeks have been so serious that even the former chief economist of the Bank of England has said,

and I quote, that Labour's fiscal fandango is the single biggest reason why growth has flatlined.

Does the Prime Minister agree with Andy Haldane and does he have an explanation for this complete shambles?

Sekeir Stama said the budget would deliver

for the British people's priorities,

and he attacked the Conservatives record.

We all know the biggest shambles in living history,

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