TSK Tsk. The delivery of Gordon Brown's budget was delayed for half an hour by a Commons debate on a leak" of some of its contents.up a fuss about the early reporting of some details from the package and Labour replying that this was hardly surprising as it was all part of stated Labour policy.

Despite pointing to the resignation of a chancellor, Hugh Dalton, 50 years ago because of a budget leak, the Tories did not draw any blood. Of course, budget leaks are completely unknown on this side of the Irish Sea!