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Treasury sources insist reversal follows better-than-expected economic data – with mansion tax on £2m properties considered instead

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Downing Street was blamed on Friday for forcing Rachel Reeves to reverse Budget plans to raise income tax in what was described as “a panic move” to save Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership.