Keir Starmer has told Sky News who he thinks is not a 'working person' ahead of the budget. It came after Rachel Reeves revealed she intends to rewrite the government's fiscal rules. The PM has also responded to demands the UK pay reparations.
Who counts as a working person will matter a lot next week when the new Labour government unveils what is being billed as an historic budget.Sir Keir Starmer used the phrase 'working people' repeatedly in the general election as he sought to reassure voters he wasn't going to raise their taxes.
This is a strong hint that rises in capital gains taxes could be on the way and also points to a bigger point that Starmer thinks the wealthy - workers or not - should pay more tax. In his 'mind's eye', he thinks working people are those who have a 'sort of knot in the bottom of their stomach' and 'can't just get a chequebook out', even though they have a 'bit of savings', if something were to happen to their family.
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