boris johnson refuses to rule out even more taxe rises on skint brits the pm said he wouldnt hike taxe further if i can possibly avoid it after stoking tory anger by breaking his manifesto commitment not to -- play now boris johnson refuses to rule out even more taxe rises -- boris johnson has refused to entirely rule out increasing taxe again saying he wouldnʼt do it if i can possibly avoid it he said he opposed unnecessary taxe rises despite his manifestobusting hike to national insurance to ease nhs backlogs and -- the prime minister stoked tory anger last month when he abandoned his manifesto commitment not to raise taxe with an increase to national insurance contributions -- asked to rule out further taxe hikes mr johnson said you have no fiercer and more zealous opponent of unnecessary taxe rises than me but we have had to deal with a pandemic on a scale which this country has -- we donʼt want to raise taxe of course we donʼt but what we will not do is irresponsible with public finances -- asked again he said if i can possibly avoid it i do not want to raise taxe again of course not nor does [chancellor] rishi sunak -- his comments came after top tory jacob reesmogg warned that taxe could not rise any further -- “the idea that there is all this extra taxe to plucked out is simply false if we are to have a strong and growing economy we are taxeed as -- the pm and chancellor rishi sunak have reportedly brokered a secret deal to cut taxe before the next election mr johnson agreed that any new cash in the upcoming spending review would have to balanced by cuts or fresh taxe rises rather than more borrowing according to the sunday times -- insiders told the paper mr johnson has been convinced to curb spending so he can cut taxe before the next election