Douglas Alexander says Rachel Reeves was 'clear' on tax rises

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Scotland sets its own income tax rates, but not the personal allowance, which applies UK-wide.
51% : The budget includes a freeze on income tax thresholds which quietly drags millions into higher bands.
51% : She insisted she was "very upfront" that changes to welfare and the winter fuel allowance meant "the government would have to find the money".
50% : Ms Reeves has dismissed those claims, saying freezing income tax thresholds was "the right thing" to protect public spending commitments.
49% : She pointed to commitments not to increase income tax rates, National Insurance or VAT -- promises she said she had kept.
46% : His remarks come after Reeves denied breaking Labour's pledge not to raise taxes on ordinary households, arguing she had been clear that everyone would need to "make a contribution" to protect public services.
41% : Pressed on whether freezing tax thresholds broke the spirit of those pledges, Reeves insisted she had not misled voters and said she was being "honest and upfront", acknowledging she is asking people to pay more.
40% : During her interview with Laura Kuenssberg, Ms Reeves also denied that Labour had created an impression before the election that taxes would not rise.
34% : The Chancellor said the lifting of the two-child benefit cap would be funded through higher online gambling taxes and measures to reduce tax evasion, arguing it would lift half a million children out of poverty.
31% : Conservatives have accused Reeves of presenting an unduly bleak picture as a "smokescreen" for tax rises.

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