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Rachel Reeves will make “tough but fair” decisions at the upcoming Budget , Sir Keir Starmer has told Labour MPs amid mounting speculation of a potential hike to income tax.

The Prime Minister warned “hard and serious” choices were needed to fix Britain’s financial woes as he sought to roll the pitch for a difficult autumn statement on November 26.

Addressing a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party on Monday night, Sir Keir defended the Government’s economic record but claimed the policies of the former Tory government, and the pandemic, had left productivity “w

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