Claim: The government's tax take has been roughly between 34% and 38% of GDP since the 1970s and is set to rise to 38%.
Fact-check: Historically high levels of tax? - Full Fact
Verdict: these figures seem to refer to all government income, not just taxes. on that basis it's broadly correct, although income has been more than 40% of gdp at points.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Unknown
Date published: 2016-09-23T00:00:00