Stinking rich will not pay your tax, Reeves

OK, SO I may not be burdened with a maths O-level — though I bet my 1977 D grade would be the equivalent of an A* today — but even I can do the basic calculations on this one. Rachel Reeves' “squeeze the rich till they suffocate” budget plan is an out and out stinker and doomed not only to ignominious failure but to subjecting people who’ve worked like the blazes to make ends meet all their lives to hellish worry and punitive suffering.

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I’m 63 and along the way I’ve made friends with plenty of folk who've eked out a meagre living near the breadline and a fair few who have made, inherited or accumulated a hefty packet. My most impoverished pals are struggling with rising food prices and the thought of keeping the cold at bay this winter.