Rachel Reeves promised an "iron-clad commitment" not to raise taxes on working people. She has raised them 52 times in 509 days.....
Here is what has actually been raised so far:
🔴Employer National Insurance up from 13.8% to 15%, threshold cut from £9,100 to £5,000
🔴Capital gains tax lower rate up from 10% to 18%, higher rate from 20% to 24%
🔴Stamp duty surcharge on second homes up from 3% to 5%
🔴VAT added to private school fees from January 2025
🔴Inheritance tax now applies to pensions from 2027
🔴Inheritance tax reliefs on farms and family businesses capped at £1m from this April
🔴AIM shares inheritance tax up from 0% to 20%
🔴Council tax average band D up £111 this year, the largest cash rise since 2003
🔴Dividend tax up 2%
🔴Savings tax to follow in April 2027
🔴Income tax thresholds frozen for an extra three years from 2028
That is one new tax every ten days. The total bill runs to £60.3 billion by the end of the decade, roughly £2,000 more per household
After her own budget, Reeves admitted working people would "pay a bit more."
The UK is now on track for the highest tax burden in peacetime history. Britain is getting more expensive to live in by design
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I’m puzzled. Labourites tell us that Angela Rayner was only trying to look after her child which they quite rightly say is understandable.
But when a farmer tries to look after his children, they say he’s a tax dodger.
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