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Responding to the chancellor Rachel Reeves’ speech at Labour conference, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:
“The chancellor’s promise to deliver ‘active government’ will send shivers down the spine of the millions of taxpayers who simply want to be left alone.
“Labour came in promising to step more lightly on people’s lives, but the change they are set to deliver looks likely to be yet another round of spending increases and tax hikes that only further damages household budgets while doing little to reform gravely underperforming public services.
“If Reeves wants to deliver on the trust the voters placed in her she should listen to the prime minister and look at ways to ease the growing burden the government is placing on its citizens, families, taxpayers and businesses.”
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