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TOM UTLEY: As a 40-a-day smoker who pays £9,000 in tobacco taxes a year (yes, I know, I know) here's my message to the Chancellor...

TOM UTLEY: As a 40-a-day smoker who pays £9,000 in tobacco taxes a year (yes, I know, I know) here's my message to the Chancellor...

Amid the fevered speculation over the nightmare Rachel Reeves has in store for us all in her Budget later this month, you can bet your shirt on one tax rise that is all but a certainty.

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