Rachel Reeves promises not to increase taxes again in spring budget

Rachel Reeves appears before the Treasury select committee. She said: ‘We’re not going to be coming back with more tax increases, or indeed more borrowing.’ Photograph: House of Commons/PA

Rachel Reeves has committed not to increase taxes at Labour’s next budget and said the government would need to “live within the means” of her spending plans if public services came under mounting pressure.

After announcing the biggest package of tax rises in three decades in last week’s budget, the chancellor dismissed suggestions that she would need to find additional money by the spring to repair battered public services.