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Amid reports that the Government may be planning to extend the freeze on income tax thresholds in the Budget, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has claimed that doing so would be a breach of Labour’s manifesto.

Mrs Badenoch repeatedly raised the issue at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, asking Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to “confirm today that he will not break another promise by freezing income tax thresholds”.

It follows weeks of speculation about what income tax measures may be set out in the Budget. Last month it was widely reported that Chancellor Rachel Reeves was considering raising the headline rates of in

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