Mike Dailly: Why can't the Chancellor be honest?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : By September 17th, the OBR had informed the Chancellor it had updated its economic productivity forecast for the UK and now predicted larger tax revenues from increases in wages and inflation.
50% : Last Wednesday, Rachel Reeves announced £26 billion of tax rises.
46% : On November 4th she announced she was preparing to break Labour's manifesto pledge and raise income tax because of a downgrading in the UK's public finances.
44% : Originally, the Chancellor was planning to put personal income tax up to fill her financial "black hole".
44% : Yet, three days later we learn the Chancellor had abandoned her income tax increase.
42% : Last week's budget was predicated upon the Chancellor and the Treasury telling us that taxes had to be increased to off-set a £20 billion "black hole" in the UK's public finances.
42% : It was only one year ago that Rachel Reeves increased taxes by a whopping £40 billion - the largest budget tax increase since 1993.
41% : It is true to say the UK government has incurred additional spending from its Winter Fuel U-turn - £1.25 billion - its aborted £5 billion of welfare cuts and £3 billion as the cost of lifting the two-child benefit cap.

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