Keir Starmer vowed to cut taxes for working people and ruled out a Swiss-style deal with the EU as he vowed to fight the next election on the economy.
"They've been really clobbered time and time again, whether that's on income tax, whether it's national insurance or council tax or the stealth tax thresholds, everywhere you look."But pressed on whether the hope is to bring taxes down if Labour wins power, he said:"I would like to see lower tax on working people, yes."Starmer presses Sunak on low growththat Brexit has damaged the economy and hampered trade.
"I went to Switzerland and studied that model and I wouldn't do a Swiss model," the Labour leader said.Sir Keir also suggested he has no intention of calling a second Scottish independence referendum during the next Parliament, as he ruled out a pact with the SNP., in a major blow to Nicola Sturgeon and her Scottish National Party.
The Labour leader also argued his MPs should not be on picket lines as the country braces for sweeping public sector strikes over the festive period.
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