What taxes could Burnham raise to fund his policy ambitions?
With Labour MPs unlikely to stomach big spending cuts and the markets unlikely to tolerate big increases in borrowing, higher taxes perhaps worth up to 0.8% of GDP may do the heavy lifting in funding Prime Minister Burnham’s policy ambitions. We suspect most of the extra burden will fall on households.
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