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UK News: Labour leader says party will not be raising income tax, national insurance or VAT. This live blog is closed
Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer has reiterated his party’s pledge not to raise taxes, despite reports from The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) that tax rises would be necessary to maintain current levels of departmental funding.
Sir Keir told reporters in Essex:
We will not be raising taxes on working people. That means we won’t be raising income tax, national insurance or VAT.
We will launch our manifesto very soon and that will have no tax surprises in it because all of our plans are fully funded and fully costed and none of them require tax rises over and above the ones that we’ve already announced.
There are millions of people who have similar experiences to me and my family where they are doing a lot of the caring.
If we support carers who are caring for their loved ones at home, then actually a lot of the caring will be done by families.
They have issued hundreds of thousands of healthcare visas and those people are doing a fantastic job and I think we should recognise that but imagine if we were paying healthcare workers more – I don’t think we would need to issue all those visas.
I think that a lot of people in this country would be more willing to work in the care sector. Continue reading…
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Labour leader does not deny his party is considering a capital gains tax rise for the second time in two days
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Davey sums up the Lib Dems’ plans on health and social care
And he says he wants to mention one other policy he is particularly proud of – the proposal to give proper bereavement support to parents whose partners have died. Continue reading…
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UK News: BBC and PA Media say a scheduled opportunity to question the prime minister was withdrawn on Saturday
The business secretary, Kemi Badenoch, is being pressed to question the Royal Mail bidder Daniel Křetínský on his business links, after the Guardian raised questions about a series of controversial global property deals connected to the Czech billionaire’s longtime business partners.
Badenoch is scheduled to meet the tycoon next week to discuss his £3.57bn bid for the 500-year-old institution, which will be subjected to a review under the National Security and Investment Act. Continue reading…
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Labour leader says party will not be raising income tax, national insurance or VAT. This live blog is closed
Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer has reiterated his party’s pledge not to raise taxes, despite reports from The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) that tax rises would be necessary to maintain current levels of departmental funding.
Sir Keir told reporters in Essex:
We will not be raising taxes on working people. That means we won’t be raising income tax, national insurance or VAT.
We will launch our manifesto very soon and that will have no tax surprises in it because all of our plans are fully funded and fully costed and none of them require tax rises over and above the ones that we’ve already announced.
There are millions of people who have similar experiences to me and my family where they are doing a lot of the caring.
If we support carers who are caring for their loved ones at home, then actually a lot of the caring will be done by families.
They have issued hundreds of thousands of healthcare visas and those people are doing a fantastic job and I think we should recognise that but imagine if we were paying healthcare workers more – I don’t think we would need to issue all those visas.
I think that a lot of people in this country would be more willing to work in the care sector. Continue reading…
http://dlvr.it/T82lyv
