More UK spending? Higher taxes look inevitable - think-tank
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's new finance minister Rishi Sunak will have to raise taxes rather than rely on tweaks to budget rules if he wants to really ramp up spending in a first post-Brexit budget next month, the Resolution Foundation, a think-tank, said.Sunak is due to announce the tax and spending plans of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's new government on March 11.His predecessor Sajid Javid unexpectedly quit less than two weeks ago, leading to speculation that Johnson wants to raise spending..