Labour's appalling for the few not the many budget is up a certain creek without a paddle as the hidden truths emerge! Right, so you can always tell when a government is about to pick your pocket because it spends the entire week insisting it’s doing you a favour. This time around, they’ve spent the last month doing that and that’s exactly what Rachel Reeves has done with this budget. She calls it a plan for ordinary working people, she used that phrase, as if the numbers haven’t already shown it’s the workers who are paying for it. She’s hauled in tens of billions by freezing thresholds, taxing wages by stealth, nudging commuters for a bit extra, and leaving renters exactly where Westminster always leaves them: paying more and getting nothing. Meanwhile the people who actually hold the wealth barely feel a tap on the shoulder. Property stays pro ...