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Is this Rachel Reeves’s idea of a programme for growth?

31 August 2024

9:00 AM

31 August 2024

9:00 AM

It is certainly true that the Labour party has been more than a little devious over the tax rises that are to come. After an election campaign in which it insisted it had no plans – and no need – to increase taxes beyond a few measures such as extending VAT on school fees, mysterious holes started appearing in the public finances as soon as the party achieved office.

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