General Election 2024 LIVE: Rishi Sunak suffers new London poll blow as PM grilled on phone-in

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00:00How significant is it that two of Britain's richest men have announced they're backing Sir Keir Starmer,

00:03one of whom, John Caldwell, has in the past given £500,000 to the Tory party, as recently as 2019?

00:10Both he and Sir Jim Ratcliffe are saying Sir Keir Starmer is the future Prime Minister.

00:14Well, as you said, they're two of Britain's richest men. They can probably afford Labour's

00:18tax rises, but for tens of millions of people who are working really hard, they can't.

00:22Well, I want to cut people's taxes, right? That's what I'm wanting to do for this country.

00:27We've started already by a £900 tax cut for everyone in work. I want to go further,

00:32if I win this election, to give people financial security. And what we've seen from Labour party,

00:36just literally yesterday, on your own show, Nick, Keir Starmer here, all over the place,

00:41can't rule out whacking everyone's council tax up. I'm not going to do that. I want to cut people's

00:45taxes at every stage of their life. And that's the choice for everyone at this election.