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Parties ignoring ‘painful’ choices on tax and spending, says IFS

June 24, 2024
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The UK’s main political parties have “ducked” addressing stark choices in their manifestos and it is highly likely taxes will have to rise or spending must fall, a leading think tank has warned.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) accused Labour and the Conservatives of engaging in a “conspiracy of silence” in their manifestos, and ignoring “painful choices”.

It said the UK has the highest debt level for more than 60 years, taxes are at a record and spending has swelled – but public services are “visibly struggling”.

While the government is paying huge interest on debts and welfare bills have grown, spending on health is likely to rise because of an ageing population while defence funding will have to increase.

Meanwhile, economic growth is subdued.

Paul Johnson, director of the IFS, said: “These raw facts are largely ignored by the two main parties in their manifestos.”

He said that “huge decisions over the size and shape of the state will need to be taken, that those decisions will, in all likelihood, mean either higher taxes or worse public services”.

Mr Johnson also criticised both Labour and the Conservative Party for ruling out increases to income tax, National Insurance and VAT.

“Despite a damaging rush to rule out increases in all sorts of tax rates, it will be a considerable surprise if no other taxes are increased over the next five years,” he said.

In response to the IFS analysis, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said: “The economy has flatlined for 14 years and that is exactly what we are wanting to change and that’s why we have set out plans for growth in our manifesto.”

The BBC has contacted the Conservative Party and the LibDems for comment.

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