Tax rises shouldn’t be taxing for Reeves

Surely the budget choices that Rachel Reeves faces are easy, not tough, writes Toby Wood. Photograph: Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

Let’s keep this simple. I want a first-class NHS, thriving schools, food on the table for children and a dignified life for older people. To achieve this, I am prepared to pay more tax. Tough choices? Surely easy choices (Rachel Reeves refuses to rule out tax rises as autumn budget looms, 4 November).
Toby Wood
Peterborough

• What Rachel Reeves needs to explain is not why she is going to put up taxes, but why she promised voters last year that she wouldn’t.
Matthew Taylor
Hove, East Sussex