Rishi Sunak's claim Labour is plotting a £2,000 tax raid is under scrutiny
James Bowler, the permanent secretary of the Treasury, says that this 'should not be presented as having been produced by the civil service' - something Sunak and ministers have repeatedly done
Jonathan Ashworth, shadow paymaster general, accuses the Tories of lying: 'Rishi Sunak was resorting to lying because he is desperate and what do desperate people do when in a corner? They lie.
'We saw it with Boris Johnson over parties in Downing Street in lockdown, and Rishi Sunak has exposed himself as no better and no different than Boris Johnson with his lies last night'