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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dan Bloom

Keir Starmer blasts 'p***take' Budget as Andy Burnham calls it 'vandalism on UK'

Keir Starmer has branded the Tory ‘trickle-down’ Budget a ‘p***take’ as furious Andy Burnham branded it a “flagrant act of vandalism on the social cohesion of this country”.

Labour ramped up its attacks on Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng ’s decision to axe the 45p rate of income tax - handing 660,000 top earners an average of £10,000 a year.

It's reported Liz Truss is drawing up a new round of tax cuts in the new year - from annual allowances on pension pots to a £5,000 tax break for earners on more than £100k.

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