The FT says Tony Blair on Wednesday night increased efforts to prepare voters for tax rises in ...
The FT says Tony Blair on Wednesday night increased efforts to prepare voters for tax rises in this year's Budget to pay for improvements in the National Health Service. The prime minister took the latest step in what appears to be a sustained campaign to soften up voters for tax rises, telling them: "In this forthcoming Budget there is going to be a very tough choice." Speaking on BBC television, Mr Blair came the closest yet to announcing tax rises, saying that the NHS needed substantial long-term additional investment. The FT also writes that Abbey National pledged on Thursday to ...
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