Labour leader Keir Starmer has suggested that taxes could rise under a Labour government, though he emphasized that there will be no tax increases on working people. In an interview with Sky News' Beth Rigby, Starmer refused to rule out potential increases to capital gains tax, fuel duty, and council tax. He reiterated that Labour's manifesto, set to be released tomorrow, will not contain any unannounced tax rises and will rely on economic growth to generate additional tax revenue. Starmer also stated that he would personally be willing to pay more taxes. He criticized the current government for having the highest tax burden in 70 years and assured no rate rises in the big 4 taxes.
Keir Starmer interviewed by @BethRigby * Says he would personally be happy to pay more taxes * Refuses to rule out series of tax rises but says there will be 'no surprises' in manifesto, and no extra taxes on working people * Confirms 2-child policy won't be scrapped in…
"The Tories are in no position to lecture anyone about tax rises; we've got the highest tax burden for 70 years." @BethRigby grills Labour leader @Keir_Starmer on whether his party would raise taxes. #BattleForNo10: https://t.co/xItZsH7tea 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602 and YouTube https://t.co/AF8OiUJVVr
🔴 Sir Keir Starmer has suggested taxes could rise under a Labour government as he was repeatedly challenged to rule out increases to capital gains tax, fuel duty and council tax during the #BattleForNo10. Read more here ⬇️ https://t.co/hZRqa5v2JX https://t.co/rZRAZkaOi8
Keir Starmer in his Sky interview does not explicitly rule out raising taxes after the election. Also doesn't rule out raising council tax, capital gains tax, fuel duty. Instead he repeats his known position: Won't raise taxes on working people; no rate rises in the big 4 taxes.
"I'm not gonna do what other Labour leaders have done and be tempted to pull the tax lever." @Keir_Starmer tells @BethRigby that a Labour government will not raise tax on working people as he wants to 'do things differently'. #BattleForNo10 🔗https://t.co/KOF0XIxeCa 📺 Sky 501 https://t.co/dqXoDnuOdy
Keir Starmer stresses specific taxes which he won't raise in the @SkyNews interview and there is no need for unannouced tax rises to meet Labour's Plans. I suspect when the @uklabour manifesto is released tomorrow he will rely on 'growth' to provide more tax revenue