Rachel Reeves was last night urged to keep her promise not to hike taxes again amid fears more raids are on the way.
The Chancellor will unveil big spending cuts to some departments on Wednesday as she looks to plug a black hole in the public finances of as much as £60 billion.
But there are growing fears that the cuts, part of her spending review, won’t be enough and she will be forced into another round of tax hikes this autumn.
Ms Reeves has already come under fire for hiking employers’ National Insurance in last year’s autumn Budget as part of a wider £40 billion tax raid.
It came as she was still locked in talks with Home Secretary Yvette Cooper about planned cuts. Ms Cooper’s department is among those expected to take the brunt of this week’s cuts despite police chiefs warning of ‘far-reaching consequences’ on their ability to fight crime.
