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Even Labour agrees Britain's tax burden is too high, small business chief tells ministers before Wednesday's Budget

From the Newshound archive · first published 25 October 2026.

Even Labour agrees Britain's tax burden is too high, small business chief tells ministers before Wednesday's Budget

Craig Beaumont, executive director of the Federation of Small Businesses, warns the tax burden will hit its highest since 1948 by 2028. He has lobbied the Chancellor and the Prime Minister in Downing Street. John Healey is to deliver a Budget on Wednesday aimed at 'white van man'. Beaumont says the 200,000 FSB members 'have never really felt' Labour understands them.

Beaumont likens Labour to Stafford Cripps, 'one of the least successful chancellors' ever.

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