Voices: ‘Tax the rich first’: Readers demand fairer burden as Reeves faces fiscal squeeze

Tax hikes will come if economy shrinks any further, IFS warns Rachel Reeves - (Jonathan Brady/PA)

As Britain faces sluggish growth and rising fiscal pressures, Independent readers have been vocal about who should foot the bill – and how.

A broad consensus has emerged: the wealthy must pay more. Rachel Reeves’s £100bn spending plans for housing, defence, and the NHS were met with approval in principle, but there is concern over how they’ll be funded in practice.