No Income Tax or National Insurance Rises Under Labour: Reeves

The shadow chancellor made the promise and said there’s no going back to ‘austerity,’ but did not rule out spending cuts.

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves smiles as she leaves BBC Broadcasting House in London on May 26, 2024.Yui Mok/PA Wire

Labour won’t increase income tax or national insurance if it wins the general election, Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor of the Exchequer, has promised.

She made the commitment on Sunday after saying both she and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer want taxes on working people to be lower, while noting she would not put forward “unfunded proposals.”