Starmer insists Labour 'kept to our manifesto' despite record-breaking tax rises

Sir Keir Starmer has insisted Labour "kept to our manifesto" promises contempt raising taxes successful the fund - arsenic helium asked "everybody to contribute".

The greeting aft the chancellor announced her record-breaking tax-raising budget, the premier curate told Sky News governmental exertion Beth Rigby the authorities had "done the slightest imaginable we can" to interaction radical and had "done it successful a just way".

He said it was "not true" his authorities has misled the nationalist aft promising not to rise taxes again aft past year's budget.

And helium refused aggregate times to accidental helium had breached his manifesto committedness not to rise income tax, nationalist security oregon VAT "on moving people".

"We kept to our manifesto successful presumption of what we've promised," helium said.

"But I judge the situation that we've asked everybody to contribute. I privation to beryllium truly wide connected wherefore we've done that," Sir Keir continued.

"That is due to the fact that we request to support our NHS, to marque definite that it's determination for radical erstwhile they request it and their families erstwhile they request it.

"Secondly, to marque definite we've got the wealth to enactment into our schools. So each azygous kid tin spell arsenic acold arsenic their endowment volition instrumentality them," the premier curate added.

"And the 3rd happening is to carnivore down connected the outgo of living."

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The chancellor announced her fund connected Wednesday, conscionable nether an hr aft the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) accidentally uploaded its full study early, revealing conscionable what would beryllium successful the announcement.

She confirmed 43 taxation increases to rise an other £26bn, bringing taxes to an all-time high.

One of the largest taxation hikes was the hold to the frost successful income taxation thresholds by 3 years until 2031 to rise £8.3bn much by the extremity of the decade.

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But Ms Reeves besides insisted this was not a betrayal of Labour's manifesto promise.

She admitted to Sky News governmental exertion Beth Rigby she is "asking mean radical to wage a small spot more" but said the manifesto committedness was "very specific".

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Sticking to Labour manifesto pledge costs millions of workers

The chancellor besides announced:

• Pensions contributions via wage sacrifice volition beryllium capped successful 2029 astatine £2,000 a twelvemonth earlier nationalist security applies, raising £4.7bn
• The currency ISA allowance volition beryllium chopped from £20,000 to £12,000 successful 2017 for nether 65s
• A mansion taxation of £2,500 connected properties worthy much than £2m up to £7,500 for implicit £5m homes
• Basic and caller authorities pension rates accrued by 4.8%
• Pay-per-mile taxation for electrical vehicles from April 2028
• Tax rates connected spot savings and dividend income accrued by 2 percent points
• Two-child payment headdress lifted from April 2026
• Fuel work frozen until adjacent September
• £150 cuts to mean household vigor measure from April
• Inheritance taxation alteration to let transportation of 100% alleviation allowance to a spouse erstwhile 1 dies.