Speaking from the rose garden in Downing Street, Sir Keir Starmer gave the biggest hint yet that taxes would be raised on 30 October. He did, however, repeat his election promise that taxes would not go up for 'working people'.
The October budget will be 'painful', Sir Keir Starmer has said, giving the biggest hint yet of tax rises. Speaking from Downing Street, the prime minister said: 'I will be honest with you, there is a budget coming in October and it's going to be painful.' He added: 'Just as when I responded to the riots, I'll have to turn to the country and make big asks of you as well to accept short term pain for long term good. The difficult trade-off for the genuine solution.
He added: 'We have to get away from this idea that the only levers that can be pulled are more taxes, or more spending. 'Our number one mission is to grow the economy.' The prime minister was speaking from the rose garden at Downing Street - previously used by Boris Johnson's adviser Dominic Cummings after he broke COVID lockdown rules, and also where gatherings took place during partygate.
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