Rachel Reeves pressed over Labour manifesto tax pledge

Rachel Reeves denied breaking Labour's manifesto tax pledge during a post-Budget grilling. The Chancellor extended the freeze on income tax thresholds for another three years in her statement.

An influential economic think tank said the move has broken Labour's manifesto commitment on taxes. But Ms Reeves denied she had breached the promise when asked by Sky's political editor Beth Rigby "how in good conscience can you stay on in your job".

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The Chancellor said: "In the manifesto, we were very clear it was the rates of income tax, National Insurance and VAT.

"But I'm not going to get into semantics. I recognise that we are asking people to contribute more by fre

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