The Treasury has confirmed that the £2,000 tax number cited by the Conservative Party was not calculated by Treasury civil servants but was instead based on assumptions provided by Conservative special advisers. This clarification highlights that the costings were not independently verified by Treasury officials, raising questions about the accuracy and reliability of the figures presented.
'Produced on assumptions provided by special advisors...' They're still lying. https://t.co/yBXqggrt3u
As a former civil servant, may I observe that 'produced by civil servants' based on assumptions provided by Special Advisors means absolutely nothing at all; those SpAds could've demanded officials assume Labour would eat all firstborn children and officials would've analysed it. https://t.co/uZHHVcQwoj
Yes this confirms exactly what I said on the day the "costings" were published. They are based on assumptions by Tory SPADs not civil servants. https://t.co/ev4ZChjvbr
Important confirmation that the Treasury is not responsible for the Tories’ £2,000 tax number, that Treasury civil servants did not carry out all of the costings it is based on, and that the costings they did do were based on assumptions provided by Conservative special advisers. https://t.co/DLPZJtPZoP
On assumptions provided for them by Tory special advisors 🙄 https://t.co/SKArqr2dng