WATCH: Rachel Reeves scolded by Speaker Lindsay Hoyle for announcing new policy 'on TikTok' before informing MPs

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Georgia Pearce

By Georgia Pearce


Published: 21/05/2026

- 12:33

Updated: 21/05/2026

- 12:48

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been scolded by Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle for announcing her latest policies "on TikTok" ahead of her statement to MPs.

Reading a letter to the Chancellor, the Deputy Speaker said: "I have to say to the Chancellor that Mr Speaker has checked the ministerial code, and it makes clear that important policy announcements should be made in the first instance in this House when it is sitting.

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