Downing Street Rolls Pitch for Tax Hikes After Welfare U-Turn

Brace for impact. Downing Street is laying the groundwork for the inevitable tax hikes coming in the autumn to pay for Starmer’s U-turn on the welfare bill. Asked in the lobby briefing today how the government will account for the lost savings in the public finances, the Number 10 spokesman insisted there will be “no increases in borrowing” and the benefits splurge will be “fully funded“.[…] Read the rest