Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones leaves Downing Street, London, following a Cabinet meeting. Picture date: Tuesday July 1, 2025. PA Photo. Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

When I suggested recently that we were going to experience déjà vu, with another summer of endless tax rise speculation, I didn’t imagine the experience would be quite so profound.

And yet, having already enjoyed the spectacle last year of Labour MPs trying to define “working people” they’re now treating us to a rerun of this slapstick episode.

After the 2024 election, having pledged not to increase taxes on working people, Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves embarked on some verbal gymnastics........

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