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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox

Income tax U-turn will only hasten Starmer’s departure, MPs warn

The decision to rip up plans for the Budget has left Keir Starmer even further “weakened” and more likely to face an imminent bid to oust him, Labour MPs have claimed.

Ministers and backbenchers reacted with despair to news that plans to hike income tax had been abandoned, claiming that is showed “nobody is in charge” of the government.

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