The chancellor says he wants to cut taxes - but figures how taxes have risen under his watch.
show how far taxes have risen under Boris Johnson as prime minister and during the Conservatives' time in power since 2010.
There are many caveats to these broad headline figures, not least the pandemic which prompted huge state intervention and the fact that Boris Johnson's government may yet cut taxes on several fronts. Rishi Sunak has said that while he "firmly believes in cutting taxes", he had to take "difficult decisions" to get the economy back on track post Covid.
"There were already various pressures to spend more, including to provide more healthcare for an ageing population, to meet the net zero pledge and to achieve the levelling-up agenda.
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