Chancellor Rachel Reeves says ‘"this wasn’t the budget I expected to deliver" as she announced Labour’s first budget in 14 years.
The chancellor set out an increase in taxes by £40bn, but tells Sky News it would be "irresponsible" to rule out further tax rises and that she is "not going to make a commitment to never change taxes again".
Talking to Sky’s political editor Beth Rigby, Ms Reeves says that Labour inherited a £22bn "black hole" and said a tax increase was needed to "put public finances on a sound trajectory" and "wipe the slate clean after the mess that the Conservatives have left us."
Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/budget-chancellor-says-it-would-be-irresponsible-to-rule-out-further-tax-rises-13244848
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