Stride: If I Were in Reeves' Position I Would Raise Income Tax

Stride: If I Were in Reeves' Position I Would Raise Income Tax

Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride has suggested Rachel Reeves should hike income tax at the Budget, calling it the “cleanest” option. Speaking at Onward’s

Mel Stride: I would raise income tax in Rachel Reeves’ position

Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride has said he would raise income taxes if he were in Rachel Reeves’ position, facing a £30bn black hole in the public finances.  Speaking at a fringe event at the Tory party conference in Manchester, Stride said raising income taxes was the “cleanest” tax hike option available.  His comments will likely raise some eyebrows among Tory officials after the party made a pledge to make £47bn savings a year through cuts to t…