Reeves's pointless, chaotic Budget reveals the cowardice of this government

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : It is to reform the tax system so that it is fair, transparent and logical.
50% : A mansion tax has been put in place, applying to properties more than £2mn.
50% : The same applies to policies like the mansion tax.
49% : The result was month upon month of speculation about tax rises in today's Budget.
46% : At some point Reeves clearly said enough is enough and decided to raise income tax, despite her foolhardy pledge at the election not to.
46% : Rates will stay frozen for a further three years, dragging thousands of people into a higher tax bracket due to inflation.
44% : Britain was shattered from austerity, Covid and Brexit.
44% : It is to reform property taxes properly and make them fair, rather than tinker around at the edges.
43% : What is the moral difference between raising income tax and freezing the thresholds?
42% : Then, days later, she briefed the Financial Times that she was going to U-turn on her U-turn and cancel the income tax policy.
35% : Without an income tax rise, Reeves has been forced to find money with lots of little policies - a "smorgasbord of modest changes, all of them with potentially severe political consequences".
34% : And the public felt they were already hammered by tax and couldn't take anymore.

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