STEPHEN Flynn has accused the Conservatives of being the same as Labour after Rishi Sunak appeared to not dodge questions about maintaining the…
after Rishi Sunak appeared to not dodge questions about maintaining the pension triple lock beyond the next General Election.Westminster leader asked the Prime Minister if he would commit to maintaining the triple lock – which ensures the state pension rises based on the highest of average earnings, inflation or 2.5% - after Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner refused to pledge her party would do this if they got into power.
“Despite the promises that were made to the people of Scotland in 2014 and despite the clear statements from the likes of Gordon Brown that the only way to protect your pension is to remain within the UK, how hollow those words are now. He said: “Thanks to the actions of this government, pensioners in Scotland are receiving record increases in their pension.
It emerged last year Sunak’s wife Akshata Murty claimed non-dom status allowing her to save millions of pounds in tax on dividends collected from her family’s IT business empire.Scottish peak train fares to be scrapped for six months Starmer also called for a “full audit of UK-China relations” after raising the case of a parliamentary researcher alleged to have spied for Beijing.
On China, he said the Government has the “most robust policy that has existed every in our country’s foreign policy”, saying it is to protect the country and align the approach with close allies, and to engage “where it makes sense” and to raise “our very significant concerns” – an approach he said was welcomed by allies.We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories.
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