Chancellor George Osborne claims £30 billion black hole would need to be filled upon Brexit due to proposed tax rises

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Osborne and Labour former chancellor Alistair Darling are to warn that the Treasury would be forced to unveil an emergency Budget, consisting of:

  • £15bn of tax rises
  • £15bn of spending cuts in the case of a vote for Brexit

Osborne is expected to outline tax rises comprising of;

  • 2% increase in the basic rate of income tax
  • Three pence rise to the higher rate
  • Five pence rise to the inheritance tax rate

Osborne and Darling state the statistics are based on the Institute for Fiscal Studies’ forecast about the economic impact of a vote to leave from lower trade, investment and tax receipts.

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