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By Chris Dorrell Evidence is piling up that Chancellor Rachel Reeves will almost certainly be forced to raise taxes this autumn, Chris Dorrell writes There was one issue that attracted more attention than any other during the election campaign: tax. All through the campaign there was a strong suspicion that neither party was being honest about the state of the public finances. In government, Labour has done little to dispel those suspicions. In her first speech as Chancellor, Rachel Reeves said that immediately upon arriving in the Treasury she asked staff to provide an assessment of the fisca…

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