Prime Minister's perfect storm: Starmer faces cabinet split over tax hikes as prison blunders row rages

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56% : " The challenge comes after a speech by Ms Reeves on Tuesday was widely seen to have set the stage for tax hikes.
51% : According to The Times, the Chancellor has told the Office for Budget Responsibility that she is preparing to raise income tax when she delivers her speech on November 26. Ms Powell's warning that a break could damage "trust in politics" could cause a headache for the Prime Minister and Chancellor.
50% : " Ms Reeves could use a 2p rise in income tax to help plug what the National Institute of Economic and Social Research said is a £50 billion black hole in the nation's public finances and give herself a larger fiscal headroom.
41% : It came after Sir Keir last week cleared Ms Reeves over her failure to obtain a rental licence for her south London family home, and Angela Rayner's resignation as deputy prime minister, housing secretary and deputy Labour leader following a row about her tax affairs.
40% : Prime Minister's perfect storm: Starmer faces cabinet split over tax hikes as prison blunders row rages Michael Howie 7 November 2025 at 8:00 am 0 Sir Keir Starmer is facing mounting pressure on multiple fronts as he returns to the UK from the Cop30 climate change summit in Brazil.
39% : Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has apologised after being found to have "unknowingly" breached the governance code on public appointments by failing to declare she had received £2,900 in donations from her pick to chair the new football watchdog A split has erupted at the top of Labour over breaking its manifesto promises on tax hikes, with the party's new deputy Lucy Powell warning the Government "should be following through" on its pledge to voters not to raise income tax, national insurance or VAT.
37% : At a glance * Sir Keir Starmer is facing a headache as he flies back to the UK from Cop30 in Brazil, with the party's deputy leader Lucy Powell urging Rachel Reeves not to break a manifesto pledge on tax hikes in the upcoming Budget *

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