Jeremy Hunt says income tax squeeze to remain until 2028

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has confirmed that a freeze on income tax thresholds, meaning an effective tax rise when people's pay goes up, will continue for the next three years.Mr Hunt told the BBC that the freeze on thresholds - agreed in response to Covid - will continue, but said it will end after 2028.Meanwhile, a Labour minister told BBC Radio 4 that income and other tax thresholds will not change if Labour…