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In a major blow for Alistair Darling hours ahead of his first Budget, comprehensive research has shown that the middle classes have shouldered one of the world’s biggest increases in their tax since 2002.
During the same period the average tax burden in most countries actually declined, according to the report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development [OECD].
But British families with two children and one earner on the average wage saw their tax bill increase by some 1,243 between 2002 and 2007, based on the current median annual wage of 19,856.