Politics LIVE: Rachel Reeves admits new tax hikes coming in just weeks as Labour frantically tries to fill £30BILLION black hole

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : "Of course, we're looking at tax and spending as well, but the numbers will always add up with me as chancellor because we saw just three years ago what happens when a Government, where the Conservatives, lost control of the public finances: inflation and interest rates went through the roof.
54% : " She added: "Austerity, Brexit, and the ongoing impact of Liz Truss's mini-budget, all of those things have weighed heavily on the UK economy.
54% : "Already, people thought that the UK economy would be four per cent smaller because of Brexit.
50% : " The Chancellor also took aim at Brexit, saying the impact of leaving the EU is "severe and long-lasting.
50% : "Now, of course, we are undoing some of that damage by the deal that we did with the EU earlier this year on food and farming, goods moving between us and the continent, on energy and electricity trading, on an ambitious youth mobility scheme, but there is no doubting that the impact of Brexit is severe and long-lasting."
41% : She hinted that relaxing fiscal rules was not an option and that as a result, tax rises would be essential.

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