Over and over again, in the run-up to the election and beyond, the prime minister and the chancellor told voters they would not put up taxes on working people - that their manifesto plans for government were fully costed and, with the tax burden at a 70-year high, they were not in the business of raising more taxes.

On Wednesday the chancellor broke those pledges as she lifted taxes by another £26bn , adding to the £40bn rise in her first budget.

She told working people a year ago she would not extending freezing tax thresholds - a Conservative policy - because it would "hurt working people".

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