Rishi Sunak faces questioning on taxes and housing in a BBC Panorama interview with Nick Robinson. Sunak is challenged over his tax calculations for Labour, leading to a heated exchange where he defends claims of Labour tax increases despite criticism from various authorities.
Sunak: “First rule of Labour tax rises is that you don’t talk about tax rises. But we know that the policies Labour have already announced will require them to increase taxes on working households by £2,094.” OBR figures show Tories plan £175bn tax rises. On the same basis,… https://t.co/qLhisx1MK1
Rishi Sunak's claims that Labour would put up taxes might carry more weight if taxes weren't already set to rise for years under the Tories.
'The first rule about Labour tax rises is that you don't talk about Labour tax rises.' Sunak slams the Labour Party and argues that, under their leadership, taxes will rise. https://t.co/SGwrOLEGmC
Rishi Sunak persists with the misleading £2094 Labour tax figure. An...interesting...choice, as Nick Robinson points out it's been criticised by the boss of the Treasury, the chair of the UK statistics authority and the former head of the civil service. #Panorama https://t.co/IsF6LmQUDx
🚨 NEW: Rishi Sunak pushes back in a heated exchange after the BBC's Nick Robinson accuses him of "having a bit of a nerve" to claim Labour will put up taxes #panorama https://t.co/NiixTMN3p8
Rishi Sunak is getting a little bit… tetchy with Nick Robinson in being challenged about his tax calculations for Labour.
On #BBCPanorama, Rishi Sunak repeated his claim that families would face a £2,000 tax rise under Labour. As we’ve said before this figure is unreliable and based on a number of questionable assumptions. Our full analysis 👇 #GE24 https://t.co/dbgehPzikL
Watch as Rishi Sunak is questioned on taxes, housing and D-Day by Nick Robinson in first of BBC Panorama interviews https://t.co/V77IFmcaAg
Rishi Sunak claimed this week that Labour policies would lead to £2,000 tax rises "for every working family". @FactCheck takes a look. https://t.co/GFOrwRQB3i
Labour would raise taxes on working families by £2,094. https://t.co/hcMuMZxuUJ