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By: Darwin Friend

Darwin Friend is head of research at the Taxpayers' Alliance

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  • Reeves is in a fiscal trap and spending cuts are the only way out

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    Rachel Reeves’ Budget created a vicious circle whereby higher taxes increased borrowing costs, squeezing the public purse and further and tempting the Chancellor into further tax rises to meet fiscal targets. There is another way, says Darwin Friend Rachel Reeves is trapped in a vicious fiscal circle of her own making. Her high-tax budget, billed [...]

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