It was déjà vu all over again for deputy speaker Nusrat Ghani on Wednesday. In a rebuke before calling the Chancellor to deliver her budget, Ghani slammed the “premature disclosure of the contents of the budget” as a “supreme discourtesy to this House”.

“Weeks ago, we saw the Chancellor delivering a speech in Downing Street, setting the scene for the budget, as well as specific policy announcements being briefed out to the media in advance of today’s financial statements,” Ghani said.