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‘Why has the Chancellor left the wealthiest untouched?’ – our money and economics writers answered your questions

The Guardian’s money and economics editors Hilary Osborne and Heather Stewart answered your questions on energy prices, tax thresholds and the global events pressuring the economy. FelonMarmer asks : What is going to stop landlords just transferring their tax increase onto tenants, while complaining about how hard done by they are? Heather says : Unfortunately, there’s nothing to stop landlords passing their higher tax bills onto their tenants, aside from what the local rental market will bear. Indeed, the Office for Budget Responsibility did suggest one result of this and other recent policie

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