The Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats published their manifestos last week and claimed to have fully costed their policies to ensure they were affordable. But a survey by Ipsos suggests most of the public do not agree.
Mark Spencer, the environment minister, told Sky News that Britons should 'stick to the steady ship' with Rishi Sunak at the election on 4 July.He claimed that Labour have 'not shared with us what their taxation plans are'.'They certainly seem to be playing that very close to their chest,' the minister said.
'Labour has repeatedly claimed that all their plans and policies are fully costed, and ruled out rises to income tax, national insurance and VAT.Mr Spencer said: 'But when it comes to farming and to food security of course, the way in which you pass that from generation to generation can be challenging given the value of the asset.'And Labour won't rule out putting huge amounts of tax on passing those farms down the generations.
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