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Sir Keir Starmer has declined to rule out a freeze on income tax thresholds. The Labour Party Prime Minister issued the update as he answered his final round of questions in the Commons before the Autumn Budget next week.

The PM faced questions from Kemi Badenoch at PMQs. The Conservative Party leader Badenoch labelled it the “first to unravel before it's even been delivered”.

When asked whether he would rule out freezing income tax thresholds, he said: “The Budget is one week today and we will lay out our plans.

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“I’ve said what we will do in terms of protecting the NHS and public services. What we won’t do is inflict austerity on the country as they did. What we won’t do is inflict

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