Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride has suggested Rachel Reeves should hike income tax at the Winter Budget, calling it the “cleanest” option. Speaking at Onward’s conference fringe event, Stride said:
“If I was in exactly her position and I had to deal with tax, and I was down the end of the spectrum where the black hole was really big, I would probably go for income tax. I wouldn’t want to be in that position but that’s the cleanest thing to do.”
Meanwhile, Guido hears shadow ministers have been clashing with Stride over some of the tax reform pledges they’re keen to push through. At least they have a few more years to work things out…
