Keir Starmer refuses to rule out income tax thresholds freeze at Budget

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : We didn't get a clear answer from them but this is really important, because in her budget speech last year, the Chancellor said, and I quote, 'I am keeping every single promise on tax that I made in our manifesto'.
56% : So, can he confirm today that he won't break another promise by freezing income tax thresholds?" Sir Keir replied: "The Budget is one week today and we will lay out our plans.
54% : She added it was "quite clear" Ms Reeves will freeze income tax thresholds.
53% : " Ms Badenoch earlier asked why the Government had floated income tax rate increases only to U-turn. She said: "Can the Prime Minister tell us why his Government is the first Government in history to float increasing income tax rates only to then U-turn on it all after the actual Budget?"
48% : " The current freeze in tax thresholds was brought in by the previous Conservative government after the pandemic and is due to expire in 2028.
48% : But it has been reported that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is likely to freeze income tax thresholds for another two years beyond 2028, in a move to raise about £8billion for Treasury coffers.
46% : Rachel Reeves is understood to be planning a series of tax raids in her statement on November 26 in a bid to plug a budget black hole of up to £39billion.
46% : Other revenue raises are said to include a "mansion tax" that would hit London and the wider South East hardest.
43% : After her screeching U-turn on plans to break Labour's flagship manifesto pledge on tax, in order to raise income tax, the Chancellor has been speaking to Labour MPs amid disquiet on the backbenches.
43% : "So, there will be no extension of the freeze in income tax and national insurance thresholds.

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