It’s the set of headlines which Labour must have dreaded after their recent progress in the polls. The Times: “The axeman dithereth … but the taxman cometh”. The Guardian: “Darling soaks the rich … and the rest of us too”. The Mail: “The Buck Passer’s Budget”. And so on and so on.
Peter Hoskin
Last orders in the last chance saloon?

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