The Telegraph published this video item, entitled “Watch live: Labour Party annual conference” – below is their description.
Sir Keir Starmer has said Labour would reinstate the top income tax rate of 45 per cent – but stick with the Government’s plan to lower the basic rate of income tax.
Asked if he would reverse Liz Truss’s decision to scrap the additional rate, the Labour leader told the BBC: “Yes.
“I do not think that the choice to have tax cuts for those that are earning hundreds of thousands of pounds is the right choice when our economy is struggling the way it is, working people are struggling in the way they are… that is the wrong choice. I would reverse the decision that they made on Friday.”
Sir Keir said Labour supported the Government’s decision to cut the basic rate of income tax from 20p to 19p and would keep it at that level.
However, a split emerged as Andy Burnham, the Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester, suggested the party should commit to reversing all of the Government’s new tax cuts. He told Sky News: “I would have said this wasn’t a time for tax cuts.”
Meanwhile, Sir Keir also claimed there is now a “belief that Labour will win the next general election” after Mr Burnham had said it is “odds on” that the party will beat the Tories.
Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now:
Get the latest headlines: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/
Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK’s best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.
The Telegraph YouTube Channel
Got a comment? Leave your thoughts in the comments section, below. Please note comments are moderated before publication.
