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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nicholas Cecil

Tax rise threat to London in Chancellor John Healey's first Budget laid out by top economists

John Healey faces having to raise taxes or slash benefits by up to £35 billion to avoid hitting public services with “chunky cuts,” leading economists are warning.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies laid out the fraught choices that the Chancellor has inherited for his first Budget on October 28.

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