The Prime Minister said that his Government has chosen 'to protect working people'.
Keir Starmer has said that tax rises in the Budget "will prevent austerity and rebuild public services". The Prime Minister said that his Government has chosen "to protect working people".
This will be the first Budget since Labour came to power in July. Starmer also took a pop at the Tories, saying they have not been honest "about the trade-offs this country faces". He added: “The time is long overdue for politicians in this country to level with you honestly about the trade-offs this country faces, to stop insulting your intelligence with the chicanery of easy answers. Working people know that hard choices are necessary. They lived through the Liz Truss episode. They lived through the cost-of-living crisis.
Starmer said Labour would not continue the “fiction” that you can have lower taxes and public services that run properly.
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