All The Things We Already Know Are Going To Be In Rachel Reeves' Budget

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Reeves is widely expected to freeze the income thresholds at which income tax rates start to apply in a move which would raise around £8 billion for the Treasury.
52% : This will hit 100,000 properties and supposedly raise £400-450 million from the levy.
48% : Rachel Reeves will deliver her make-or-break second Budget on Wednesday, with voters braced for a wave of tax increases as she tries to fill a black hole of between £20 and £30 billion in the public finances.
47% : It's referred to as a "stealth tax" because workers end up being dragged into a higher tax bracket when they get a pay rise in line with inflation.
45% : The build-up to the big day has been far from plain sailing for Reeves, who dramatically U-turned on plans to raise billions by breaking Labour's manifesto pledge not to put up income tax.
37% : The current system limits maximum student support to those on the lowest incomes, under 25, who do not have a partner, The Times reported Reeves intends to use the current council tax system as the basis for a new property tax for large properties by revaluing the most valuable homes across council tax bands F, G and H. Supposedly the government will allow homeowners to defer paying the tax until they move house or die.

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