ConnexionStarmer forced to deny breaking Labour manifesto as experts sound dire warning over Budget plans
Damning assessment came as chancellor and prime minister forced to defend plans and insist they did not breach manifesto promises
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Budget 2025 live: IFS warn Rachel Reeves she is ‘disincentivising growth’ after Starmer defends tax rises
Reeves admits Budget will mean working people will have to ‘contribute a bit more’ - but denies breaking manifesto pledge
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Millions more dragged into paying higher income tax in Reeves’s £26bn Budget squeeze
Chancellor admits ‘I am asking ordinary people to pay a little more’ as she unveils dozens of tax rises, but finally scraps the much-criticised two-child benefit cap
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