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All you need to know about Rishi Sunak’s tax claim, from who costed the figures, and how, to why it’s so controversialTax dominated the first head-to-head debate between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer with the prime minister making an eye-catching claim about what Labour’s plans would involve.Sunak claimed “independent Treasury officials” had costed Labour’s policies “and they amount to a £2,000 tax rise for everyone”. Starmer dismissed the claim as “absolute garbage”. Today, Labour’s frontbench have gone further, accusing Sunak of telling a “big desperate lie”. Continue reading…
All you need to know about Rishi Sunak’s tax claim, from who costed the figures, and how, to why it’s so controversial
Tax dominated the first head-to-head debate between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer with the prime minister making an eye-catching claim about what Labour’s plans would involve.
Sunak claimed “independent Treasury officials” had costed Labour’s policies “and they amount to a £2,000 tax rise for everyone”. Starmer dismissed the claim as “absolute garbage”. Today, Labour’s frontbench have gone further, accusing Sunak of telling a “big desperate lie”.
