Few things in British politics are more glumly predictable, whatever the economic and political circumstances, than Conservative MPs and their rightwing media echo chamber demanding budget tax cuts.
For the chancellor to do anything next week that smacks of that approach would be both reckless and unjust. That some tax-cutting measure or other will nevertheless be unveiled, doubtless to the accompaniment of backbench cheers, is probably inevitable next Wednesday.
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