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More tax hikes to come in Autumn Budget, as OBR set to downgrade key growth forecast

More tax hikes to come in Autumn Budget, as OBR set to downgrade key growth forecast

Rachel Reeves is braced for the Office for Budget Responsibility to cut its key productivity forecast, making big tax rises inevitable.

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