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Polls suggest that by Friday we are very likely to have a Labour government.
Labour wants to help working people’ so where will the additional revenue come from? Senior Labour figures seem to, at the very least, have sympathy with radical plans to raise taxes.
Alistair Darling introduced the 50pc top rate of income tax just ahead of the 2010 election.
Rachel Reeves said that Labour will not raise income tax and NIC rates.
But Mike Warburton would not rule out an increase in the top rate to 50pc .
Councils up and down the country are struggling financially.
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