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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nicholas Cecil

Budget 2024: Keir Starmer hit with growing row over billions in tax rises 'breaking' Labour manifesto

A Cabinet minister denied Labour had “misled” voters with its manifesto as Rachel Reeves was set to launch a multi-billion-pound tax raid.

Pat McFadden, one of Sir Keir Starmer’s closest aides, rejected accusations that the new Labour government was going to break manifesto promises amid reports that it is due to increase National Insurance on employers and freeze the thresholds for paying income tax for another two years.

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