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Nicholas Cecil

OPINION - Gambler Reeves to put billions more of taxpayers’ cash on red as she struggles to make Budget numbers add up

Rachel Reeves is set to gamble billions more of taxpayers’ money in a bid to shore up Britain’s crippled public finances.

The Chancellor may even flagrantly break Labour’s flagship manifesto promise not to raise the rate of income tax.

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