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Rishi Sunak plots tax raid to plug UK deficit, risking Tory rage

Sunak's answers will shape his own fortunes, the Conservative government's political identity, and the UK economy's chances of making a full recovery from its deepest recession for 300 years

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Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak

Alex Morales, Joe Mayes & Andrew Atkinson | Bloomberg
Rishi Sunak can do self-restraint. After an addiction to drinking full-strength Coca-Cola resulted in seven fillings to his teeth, he rationed himself to a single Coke a week.
 
When he comes to deliver his budget on Wednesday, the chancellor of the exchequer faces a battle to persuade his colleagues of the need to turn down the flow of government spending, and to address the painful hole in the public finances, approaching 400 billion pounds ($558 billion).
 
The question he’s still grappling with is how to pay the bill. Will he raise taxes, hitting the wealthy and clawing back

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