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The everything tax raid: Will the threat of higher taxes backfire?

If all the ideas being floated by the Prime Minister and Chancellor for potential tax rises came to pass, it would surely become known as ‘the everything tax raid’. Will it come to pass during next week’s Autumn Statement? Probably not. You get the sense this is a massive exercise by Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt in softening up the nation, so that when some but not all taxes go up on Thursday, people breathe a sigh of relief. The worry is that the endless speculation could do lasting harm to the economy. This is Money editor Simon Lambert argues that with sentiment already heavily depressed going into a recession, striking the financial fear of God into the population might not be the best move. Also this week, are pensions about to be raided? Invest or pay off your mortgage? And how we helped a podcast listener win back money after paying over the odds for her mother’s care home.