Oct 28, 2024 12:05 AM
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Keir Starmer issues a doom-laden warning to Britons that they'll be clobbered with new Labour taxes...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...ality.html
INTRO: Keir Starmer today admitted there is 'tough stuff' coming in the Budget as the demanded Brits face up to 'harsh reality'. The PM used a speech this morning to lay the ground for Chancellor Rachel Reeves' extraordinary £35billion a year raid on Wednesday.
He appealed for voters to give Labour time to 'rebuild the foundations' despite the brutal assault on their pockets. In one specific announcement, he confirmed that the £2 cap on bus fares will rise to £3. There was also a hint that motorists might be spared the pain of at least some of a mooted 7p rise in fuel duty.
But despite the package looking set to be one of the biggest revenue-raisers on record, Sir Keir refused to rule out the government coming back to milk more cash. And he made clear that there is no prospect of taxes coming down any time soon, saying he would not 'pretend that you can lower tax and spend more on your public services'.
Critics have dismissed claims from ministers that ordinary 'working people' will not see the impact in payslips, because most of the pain will be initially targeted at businesses and the wealthier. The Labour election manifesto used the term as it laid out who would be protected from increases.... (MORE - details)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...ality.html
INTRO: Keir Starmer today admitted there is 'tough stuff' coming in the Budget as the demanded Brits face up to 'harsh reality'. The PM used a speech this morning to lay the ground for Chancellor Rachel Reeves' extraordinary £35billion a year raid on Wednesday.
He appealed for voters to give Labour time to 'rebuild the foundations' despite the brutal assault on their pockets. In one specific announcement, he confirmed that the £2 cap on bus fares will rise to £3. There was also a hint that motorists might be spared the pain of at least some of a mooted 7p rise in fuel duty.
But despite the package looking set to be one of the biggest revenue-raisers on record, Sir Keir refused to rule out the government coming back to milk more cash. And he made clear that there is no prospect of taxes coming down any time soon, saying he would not 'pretend that you can lower tax and spend more on your public services'.
Critics have dismissed claims from ministers that ordinary 'working people' will not see the impact in payslips, because most of the pain will be initially targeted at businesses and the wealthier. The Labour election manifesto used the term as it laid out who would be protected from increases.... (MORE - details)