Labour backlash after McDonnell refuses to oppose budget tax cuts

The shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, has sparked a backlash from Labour MPs by insisting that the party would not to oppose the tax cuts for higher earners announced in Monday’s budget.Simple as that,” McDonnell said, despite pressure from some colleagues to oppose the giveaway, which was one of the most eyecatching measures in Philip Hammond’s pre-Brexit budget.Hammond brought forward a Conservative manifesto pledge to increase the personal allowance to £12,500, and th