The chancellor drew an election battle line between the Conservatives and Labour during a speech this morning, claiming his government will bring down taxes while Labour policies would be ‘damaging for every family in the country’The Daily Express and Daily Mail have both asked questions about the taxing of pensions. Jeremy Hunt is on combative grounds here. He is asked when calling Labour’s plans a “myth” is he accusing them of lying. He says:Well, calling them a myth is about as rude as I get. But frankly, it is a lie. I don’t make any bones about it. It is fake news. And it is an absolute disgrace to try and win this election by scaring pensioners about a policy that is not true.Our argument is this is about the future growth of the economy, because we can see looking around the world that more lightly taxed economies have more dynamic private sectors, they grow faster, and in the end that is more money for precious public services like the NHS. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/may/17/keir-starmer-jeremy-hunt-rishi-sunak-conservatives-labour-uk-politics-live
Author : Martin Belam
Publish date : 2024-05-17 10:54:08
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