UK Chancellor Reeves says "world has changed" as hints at tax rises

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Reeves is preparing to deliver a potentially difficult Budget on November 26, which economists have warned will require significant tax rises or spending cuts as she battles to meet her self-imposed borrowing rules.
54% : Labour's election document promised not to increase the tax. - Promised to stamp out the "scourge" of long-term unemployment among young people with a plan to guarantee jobs for those out of work and receiving universal credit for 18 months.
53% : Ministers have previously explicitly promised not to raise the tax, and the shift in language - first used by the prime minister on Sunday - has prompted speculation that a change could be made in the Budget.

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