31.   Basically, individuals are asked what their responses to higher taxes on earnings are.

32.   The bottom line could eventually mean demands for higher council tax bills.

33.   KENNETH Clarke bluntly warned the Cabinet last night to axe public spending or face higher taxes in his Autumn Budget.

34.   Higher taxes on motorists should be only one measure in the context of a wider environment and transport policy.

35.   Under the Rooker-Wise-Lawson Amendment these are supposed to rise annually in line with inflation to prevent the automatic advance of taxpayers into higher tax bands.

36.   But higher taxes mean that consumers and businesses have less money to spend.

37.   Dealers are more impressed with his promise to galvanise the US economy, which they believe will outweigh the higher tax threat.

38.   As tit-for-tat measures impose new, higher taxes on imports, the only result can be a general cutback in consumption.

39.   The question is, do the people of Britain believe in paying higher taxes for good services delivered by central and local government?