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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nina Lloyd

Reeves: PM and I decided ‘as a team’ not to hike income tax

Rachel Reeves said she and Sir Keir Starmer had decided “as a team” not to raise income tax as she hit out at “too many leaks” in the run-up to Budget.

The Chancellor told MPs the “very close partnership” between herself and the Prime Minister meant the move to extend a freeze on tax thresholds instead had been made jointly.

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