he was told, you may use a high level threat of tax or legal solutions in discussions with developers, but whether or not to impose or raise taxes remains a decision for me, the chief secretary and is not a given at this point. if i have seen this letter, i m fairly sure that the developers have, too. it appears that what he has told the public that tax rises are the backstop is not what he has told the treasury, and this letter says, you have confirmed separately that budgets are a backstop for finding these proposals in full should sufficient funds not be raised from industry, and now that is not what the secretary of state told the house a moment ago, so can he clear this up? has the chancellor agreed to back a new tax measure if negotiations fail or is he prepared to see his already allocated budget, monies forsocial or affordable housing raided. let s speak now to yvette williams from the campaign group,