neighbours. The chancellor, undeterred, needs to raise all the billions she can, harvesting most from those "broadest shoulders" now in full blustering defence of their capital gains, private school fees, private equity loopholes, agricultural tax hideaways and inheritance tax escapes. People need no reminding of the crippled state of Britain's public realm, how it declined while the best-off enjoyed rapid increases in wealth in the past decade.

Blisteringly good from #PollyToynbee in defence of #SureStart @theifs.bsky.social @jrf-uk.bsky.social
Time to make the #PipsSqueak

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