- Labour and Conservatives have ruled out raising VAT if they win the general election
- Chancellor Jeremy Hunt stated Tories would not raise the main rate of sales tax
- Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves also ruled out a VAT hike
- Labour has pledged economic stability and ruled out raising income tax and National Insurance
- Labour plans to charge VAT on private school fees to hire more state school teachers
- Both parties have now ruled out increasing VAT, income tax, and National Insurance
- Both parties are committed to reducing national debt as a share of GDP in five years
- IFS warns that public finances could be difficult to manage due to high interest payments and low economic growth.
Source: bbc.com
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