Rachel Reeves vows to target £174bn tax reliefs and axe business rates

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : In her speech to the conference today, Ms Reeves will also set out plans for a new 'Office of Value for Money' to scrutinise government spending decisions before funding is issued.
51% : Private schools would lose their charitable status to raise around £1.7billion for the state sector.
49% : Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves (pictured on a visit in Brighton with Keir Starmer) today vowed to target £174billion of tax reliefs - but tried to quell fears Labour will hike income tax
48% : Ms Reeves is unveiling a sweeping review of reliefs in her speech to conference in Brighton that could hit pensions, private schools and even the cost of children's shoes.
47% : show: 'We are looking at tax - nothing is off the table.'
46% : 'The only people who are increasing taxes for working people are the Tories with their jobs tax that comes in next year that hits ordinary working families and struggling businesses.
45% : 'But Keir and I are not planning to increase income tax, we are both very clear about that.'
44% : Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves today vowed to target £174billion of tax reliefs - but tried to quell fears Labour will hike income tax.
44% : However, she insisted that Labour has 'no plans' to increase income tax, despite Keir Starmer setting hares running by stating the move is not 'off the table'.
44% : She had tried to rule out a Labour income tax rise, telling The Sunday Times: 'I don't have any plans to increase the rates of income tax.'
43% : In a round of interviews this morning, Ms Reeves again tried to kill off the concerns about income tax.
42% : Ms Reeves told Times Radio: 'Keir and I are both very clear, we have no plans to increase income tax and neither of us want to increase income tax, it is not on our agenda.

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