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Responding to reports that the chancellor is considering raising income tax in the autumn budget, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:
“A hike in income tax would be the ultimate betrayal by this rotten chancellor.
“Having ramped up borrowing and refused to countenance any moves to control spending, Rachel Reeves is now plotting to break Labour’s manifesto pledge and raid the pockets of ordinary, hard-working taxpayers, in a vain attempt to fill the black hole they created in the national finances.
“The chancellor must immediately rule out raising income tax and focus on the real problems facing the British economy: rampant spending, ballooning debt, and a record tax burden.”
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