Labour must find hope in a tough Budget to show it will make Britain work better
The IndependentIn as class-obsessed a nation as Britain, a national debate about what constitutes “working people” was always going to descend into fractious absurdity – and, as with the forthcoming Budget, so it has proved. Labour’s vague manifesto promise not to raise taxes on “working people” proved highly useful before polling day – but it has become a terrible burden since. Labour may claim that they didn’t say anything about thresholds in their manifesto or “fiscal plan”, but their constant mantra about “working people” being protected has given the impression for many months that those who consider themselves working people wouldn’t be paying more tax under Labour – but they will. Not so very long ago, for example, Ms Reeves condemned the Tories’ plans as “picking the pockets of working people”.
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MPs support national insurance hike for employers amid ‘jobs tax’ warning
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BORIS JOHNSON: Rachel Theeves has taken aim at the UK economy and - with sheer cold-eyed malevolence - socked it squarely on the mazzard
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Budget contains broken promises which will hit working people, Sunak claims
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Every way Labour has defined ‘working people’ ahead of the Budget
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Starmer intervenes in ‘working people’ Budget row with grim warning
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No tax hike on payslips, vows minister amid confusion over definition of ‘working people’
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‘Biased’ OBR paving way for Rachel Reeves’s tax grab, warns Jeremy Hunt
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‘Focus on’ where people are getting their money from, says Treasury minister
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You're not 'working people', Keir Starmer tells landlords and shareholders as he prepares for his tax grab ahead of next week's Budget
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Minister leaves door open to Budget tax raid on high earners
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If not on ‘working people’, where will the tax burden fall in Rachel Reeves’s Budget?
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Reeves plans stealth taxes as Starmer prepares to splurge billions on NHS
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Rachel Reeves to push forward with £3bn sickness benefits cut in Budget
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‘We will keep manifesto promise on tax,’ says Starmer amid Budget speculation
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Starmer and Reeves at odds over whether working people have savings
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All those left out of Starmer’s definition of working people
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No wealth tax under Labour, Rachel Reeves pledges
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