jacob reesmogg issues ultimatum to boris johnson not to raise taxe any higher

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jacob reesmogg has warned boris johnson not to hike taxe claiming
the treasury can squeeze no more from the economy and uk taxeation had
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the pm faces a tory backlash after he could not rule out another taxe
rise despite his manifestobusting hike in national insurance and
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when pressed by the bbcʼs andrew marr on sunday mr johnson said he
would not put up taxe if he could possibly avoid it

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manchester commons leader mr reesmogg fumed that the uk was facing
highest taxe level since the war and we are at the reaches of the
reasonableness of the taxe burden

he said even harold wilson with  taxe rates did not manage to get
the taxe take much about  of gdp so there is an automatic limit of
taxepayers own devising
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he added we must always  looking to ensure the money spent by the
state is spent efficiently and the taxe burden is reasonable and we are
at the reaches of the reasonableness of the taxe burden

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“even when taxe rates have been considerably higher the taxe take has
not been much higher
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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
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we donʼt want to raise taxe of course we donʼt but what we will not
do is  irresponsible with public finances