Daily Star: Taxes up 51%

BRITAIN'S tax bill under Labour has gone up more than 50% in the past 10 years.

A report by the Taxpayers' Alliance said it now stood at £517billion a year compared with £223bn in 1997-98 when Labour came to power . . . a 51% increase after inflation is taken into account.

Much of the rise was accounted for by little-noticed "stealth taxes" like Stamp Duty, which brings in £14.3bn.

Report author Mike Denham said the Government had used "every trick in the book" to drive up tax.