rishi sunak boasts hes a lowtaxe tory but refuses to rule out huge council taxe hike the tory chancellor made a private boast to activists amid claims he could cut taxe before the next election but in the short term he refused to rule out even more taxe rises on brits -- rishi sunak today refused to rule out further taxe hikes including a huge council taxe rise despite privately boasting hee s a “lowtaxe conservative” the chancellor waded into the tory partye s war over taxe after rightwinger jacob reesmoggsaid the uk is now taxeed as highly as a -- and the daily express suggested mr sunak could unveil a taxe cut before the next election to woo voters after his national insurance hike brought the taxe burden to its highest in decades but in the short term the chancellor refused to rule out even more taxe rises after the hike in nics from to that includes widespread hikes to council taxe which has risen by above inflation for years to pay for social care after just £bn of a -- mr sunak also declined to deny he is eyeing a taxe cut in a couple of yearse time before the next election -- it comes after jacob reesmogg warned boris johnson not to hike taxe claiming the treasury can squeeze no more from the economy and uk -- the pm faces a tory backlash after he could not rule out another taxe rise despite his manifestobusting hike in national insurance and -- when pressed by the bbcʼs andrew marr on sunday mr johnson said he would not put up taxe if he could possibly avoid it -- 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 -- asked about possible future taxe rises or reductions he said i never can comment about future taxe policy but as i said weʼve taken the decisions we have in order to do some very specific things that i think -- boris johnson refuses to rule out even more taxe rises on skint brits -- politics taxe