“TRUST matters in politics,” Philip Hammond wrote on this very page in March 2017.
The then Chancellor had just been forced into a humiliating U-turn after attempting a Budget raid on National Insurance contributions.
Rachel Reeves’ Halloween Budget will haunt her and break trust with millions of workers if she hikes key tax“Since the Budget last week,” he wrote, “Sun readers, members of the public and others have questioned whether the planned increase in National Insurance...