The Conservatives plan to use the Budget to challenge Sir Keir Starmer on borrowing, suggesting that under Labour, Britain would accumulate more debt. Sir Keir Starmer's proposal to spend an additional £28 billion annually is compared to a potential 25% basic income tax rate increase for all UK residents. The Conservatives accuse Labour of planning a £2,200 tax increase for families, warning of economic setbacks, higher unemployment, and bankruptcy under a Labour government. Jolyon Maugham criticizes the Tories, advocating for a change in government to address issues related to national crisis exploitation and wealth enrichment.
Our prospects of getting to the truth of what happened - and seeing the rogues who took advantage of a national crisis to enrich themselves behind bars - are nil under the Tories. We will need a change of Government. Please remember that - we will remind you - when you vote. https://t.co/TiTsoncNpy
Labour can’t be trusted. Let’s not walk into a catastrophic Labour government. They’ll raise taxes further, borrow more, bankrupt businesses, create higher unemployment and we’ll all suffer. https://t.co/UnspopKta5
🚨 NEW: Labour would lump families with a £2,200 tax bombshell. @RicHolden is right to call out Starmer's disasterous plot to borrow £28 billion more every year. Labour's copy and paste approach would put Britain's economic progress back to square one. https://t.co/lZlLhhpNnr
Sir @Keir_Starmer’s plan to spend £28 billion EXTRA every year is the equivalent of raising the basic rate of income tax from 20% to 25% for everyone in the U.K. Rather than calling this FACT “garbage” - @UKLabour should have the backbone to fully outline the details of where…
🔵 The Conservatives are planning to use the Budget to wrongfoot Sir Keir Starmer on borrowing in an attempt to show that, under Labour, Britain would go further into debt https://t.co/ifFlMmT0H5