Downing Street has cast further doubt on its promise not to raise taxes on “working people” amid growing calls within Labour for an income tax hike .

No 10 was unable to give a firm commitment on whether its manifesto pledge not to raise taxes on workers , understood to mean income tax, VAT or national insurance contributions, remained intact.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is coming under pressure from economists as well as figures from within her own party to break her manifesto pledges in order to put the country on a firmer financial footing at the Budget next month. New Feature

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Reeves publicly acknowledged on Tuesday that she was looking at potential tax rises in the Budget in order to fill the fiscal blackhole in the country’s fi

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