The Sun’s asks Rachel Reeves’ constituents their thoughts on fuel duty rises
RACHEL Reeves today admits her tax-hiking Budget is “not going to be easy” - but will be worth it to “kickstart” the economy.The cash will be ploughed into fixing Britain’s crumbling hospitals, schools and roads, she vowed.This includes a whopping £20 billion rise in employer National Insurance Contributions - dubbed a “jobs tax”.“But let me be clear - I am doing this for hardworking families up and down the country who have been crying out for change.
She will join Sir Winston Churchill, William Gladstone and Thomas Cromwell in the pantheon of political giants who have held the nation’s finances in their hands.The bushy eyebrowed ex Chancellor Dennis Healey told a newspaper in 1997: “Being Chancellor is not a woman’s job. Famously branded “boring snoring” by BBC Newsnight editor Ian Katz, Rachel has worked hard to change her image.
The aristocrat Francis Dashwood - a notorious libertine and heavy drinker - became Chancellor in 1780.
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