Labour says it will use the same analysis of the public finances as the Conservatives to set future policy.
BBC economics editor Faisal Islam asks whether Labour leader and shadow chancellor would accept government plans
Some, mostly left of centre, economists have suggested that different approaches to calculating government's finances would result in a much smaller or even no shortfall. In addition, if the target to have debt falling as a proportion of economic output is extended beyond the chancellor's five years, that could also reduce the shortfall between government revenues and expenditure.
The Labour leader made clear that he and the shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, would use the £55bn fiscal gap as a baseline for their policies in any future manifesto.
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