Keir Starmer claims those with assets are not working people in biggest tax rise hint. Source: Sky News
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00:00OK, so for someone who works but gets their income from assets as well, such as shares
00:04of property, are they a working person?
00:06Well, they wouldn't come within my definition.
00:08So their taxes could go up?
00:10Yeah, I mean, you can probably give me any number of examples, and no, you're tagging
00:15a second question to the first, which is you're asking me for a definition of who's a working
00:18person, and then you're making assumptions about what your tax might be in relation to
00:21–
00:22The point is I could – we're running out of time, but I could go through fuel duty
00:24if you drive in a van.
00:26You could.
00:27You're a working person and you might put fuel duty up.
00:29You could go through that exercise, or you could ensure that people hear from me who
00:38I have in my mind's eye.
00:39People watching this will know whether they're in that group or not.
00:43Those people who work hard are anxious about whether they can make ends meet and know that
00:48should something happen to them and their family, they can't write a checkbook to get
00:51out of the problem.