Keir Starmer is pressed on whether his commitment not to raise national insurance will apply to both employer and employee contributions.
The prime minister reiterated his party's pledge to not raise taxes on working people, adding Rishi Sunak was an expert in doing so. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The prime minister reiterated his party's pledge to not raise taxes on working people, adding Rishi Sunak was an expert in doing so. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Mr Speaker, when he talks about security at work, once again it's one rule for him and
00:05another rule for everyone else. But I know that not everything or everyone has survived
00:14his first hundred days in government. So can he confirm that when he promised not to raise
00:20income tax, national insurance or VAT, that commitment applies to both employer and employee
00:27national insurance contributions. Mr Speaker, as he well knows, I'm not going to get drawn
00:33on decisions that will be set out. We made an absolute commitment in relation to not
00:39raising tax on working people. He, of course, was the expert's expert on raising taxes.
00:44And what did we get in return for it? We got a broken economy, broken public services and
00:52a £22 billion black hole in the economy. We're here to stabilise the economy and we
00:58will do so.