Despite insisting for months pre-election that Labour wouldn't raise our taxes, chancellor Rachel Reeves now appears to be poised to do just that as Keir Starmer warns of a "painful" autumn budget. So who will get hit the hardest? Will taxes ever come down again? And how did our finances get into such a sorry state? Kamal and Camilla discuss all that and more.

Plus - Labour's suggestion that they may ban smoking in outdoor spaces has provoked outrage. We look at whether there would be a health benefit and what it would mean for pubs.

And the biggest question of all - why on earth are Heinz bringing out tinned carbonara?

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Labour’s changing message on raising taxes on inheritance and capital gains

Nigel Farage: I’ll never go to the pub again if outdoor smoking is banned

Heinz launches carbonara in a can to the horror of Italians

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