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By Jessica Frank-Keyes The Tories and Labour have become embroiled in a row over VAT after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt accused Keir Starmer’s party of “flip-flopping” over tax policy. Both parties – as well as the Liberal Democrats – have all ruled out raising value added tax (VAT) if they win the general election on July 4. It comes as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told the Times he was “confident that we will get the tax burden down”, and suggested to voters: “We are the party who has committed to bringing down inflation, which is the necessary condition for bringing down interest rates.” But the tw…

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