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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Independent and Lauren MacDougall

Voices: ‘A kick in the teeth’: Readers say Rachel Reeves’ Budget ‘punishes responsibility’

Independent readers were quick to voice their frustration – and, in many cases, outright anger – at a Budget they felt serves Labour’s political interests rather than the country’s needs.

Many in our community felt Rachel Reeves’s £26bn package of tax rises lands hardest on those already feeling squeezed by a cost of living crisis, piling new burdens onto taxpayers who say they are running out of financial headway.

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