How Labour’s tax row split the party

Shadow chancellor appears at odds with the majority of party on tax cut pledge

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Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell at Conference
(Image credit: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

While Philip Hammond’s “austerity-ending” budget appears to have been generally well-received by the mainstream media, the public at large and restive Tory backbenchers, within the opposition it has ignited fierce debate.

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