Rachel Reeves’s tax-hiking budget has done little to improve public confidence in the Chancellor’s ability to continue in her role, according to a Daily Express poll. A poll conducted in the wake of this week’s budget, which saw huge tax rises announced once more despite Labour’s pre-election manifesto pledges, revealed that 99% of respondents feltthe Chancellor should resign.
The poll, which was responded to by nearly 6,000 people, proved to be a damning indictment of the Chancellor’s performance, with taxes now set to rise by a further £26billion following the Reeves’s second tax-hiking budget. The increases come a year after the Chancellor’s first budget, where she announced tax rises of around £40bn but pledged not to “come back for more next year”. Ms Reeves faced media interviews on Sunday (November 30) as she attempted to justify her decisions and counter claims that she misled the public over the state of the nation’s finances.
