>Reeves eyes stealth income tax raid

>Policy U-turns by Starmer may leave Chancellor with no option but to raise funds

>Rachel Reeves is expected to freeze income tax thresholds in her autumn Budget to fill a £40 billion black hole.

>The Chancellor has been put under pressure by three policy U-turns by Sir Keir Starmer, which are set to increase public spending by about £4 billion later in the year.

Have a supposed 22bn black hole, try and fill it by raising taxes, black hole now 40bn, repeat