Reeves Refuses To Rule Out Manifesto-breaking Tax Hikes - Beritaja

Rachel Reeves has refused to norm retired breaking her manifesto promise not to raise definite taxes, arsenic she lays the groundwork up of the fund later this month.

Asked straight by our political editor Beth Rigby if she stands by her promises not to raise income tax, nationalist insurance, aliases VAT, the chancellor declined to do so.

She told Rigby: "Your viewers could spot the challenges that we face, the challenges that are connected [sic] a world nature. And they could besides spot the challenges successful the agelong word capacity of our economy."

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She went on: "As chancellor, I person to look the world arsenic it is, not the world arsenic I want it to be. And erstwhile challenges travel our way, the only mobility is really to respond to them, not whether to respond aliases not.

"As I respond astatine the fund connected 26 November, my attraction will beryllium connected getting NHS waiting lists down, getting the costs of surviving down and besides getting the nationalist indebtedness down."

Ms Reeves's comments to Rigby came aft a highly different pre-budget reside successful Downing Street successful which she group retired the standard of the world and home "challenges" facing the government, and hinted astatine taxation rises, saying: "If we are to build the early of Britain together, each of america must do our spot for the information of our state and the brightness of its future."

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