Keir Starmer made the blunt allegation as Labour desperately tries to limit damage from the head-to-head on ITV.
A rattled Keir Starmer today accused Rishi Sunak of 'lying' about Labour 's tax plans during bad-tempered election TV debate clashes.
'I'll spell that out, no income tax, no national insurance, no VAT. What you saw is the prime minister with his back against the wall desperately lashing out and resorting to lies. Keir Starmer made the blunt allegation as Labour desperately tries to limit damage from the head-to-head on ITV The claim comes from a document produced by the Conservatives which made a series of assumptions to estimate the cost that might be attached to potential Labour policies.
In a letter to Labour's shadow Treasury chief secretary Darren Jones he said the £38.5billion total for Labour policies in the Tory document 'includes costs beyond those provided by the Civil Service'. She told BBC Breakfast: 'I've worked in the Treasury and I can tell you that these are brilliant, independent civil servants and they would not be putting anything dodgy in there.'
Jonathan Ashworth was left fuming at the PM's 'lies' about Labour's tax plans, after Mr Sunak berated Sir Keir for plotting to hike the tax burden for Brits by £2,000. During the tetchy exchanges on ITV last night, where both leaders repeatedly spoke over each as host Julie Etchingham struggled to rein them in, Mr Sunak warned Brits that Sir Keir will 'raise your taxes and raid your pensions' and has 'no plan' to tackle immigration.
However, Sir Keir said that was 'nonsense' and he wanted to 'turn the page' with a 'practical plan' for the country. Mr Sunak received a round of applause as he said he was prepared to leave the European Convention on Human Rights to ensure migrants could be deported. But Sir Keir was also clapped as he said the UK should stick to its legal obligations.
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