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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Abbie Llewelyn

Starmer defends handling of economy but declines to rule out tax hikes

Sir Keir Starmer has defended the Government’s stewardship of the economy amid warnings that taxes will need to rise in the autumn to plug a £51 billion black hole in the public finances.

The Prime Minister said Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s upcoming budget will “build on what we’ve done” by focusing on “living standards” and “making sure that people feel better off”.

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