US EditionLabour should stick to manifesto pledge on tax, deputy leader says
Labour deputy leader Lucy Powell demands adherence to manifesto tax pledges amid a £20 billion Budget shortfall and warns of risks to child poverty reduction efforts.
- Powell told BBC Radio 5 Live the party must follow its manifesto in the Budget on November 26 and preserve the pledge not to raise taxes on working people.
- Reeves and Sir Keir have dropped hints they may consider tax rises to meet fiscal rules as economists warn significant increases could be required, Powell urged the government to follow its manifesto pledge not to raise taxes on working people.
- A pay‑per‑mile road‑pricing scheme for electric vehicles is under consideration, with the government investing �4billion in EV support and motoring groups warning it could deter switching.
- Lucy Powell, elected deputy leader last month, urged lifting the two‑child benefit cap in full to prevent at least 40,000 children being pushed into deep poverty annually.
- At Prime Minister's Questions Sir Keir Starmer said, `As she well knows, no Prime Minister or Chancellor will ever set out their plans in advance`, while Rachel Reeves earlier this week refused to rule out breaking the manifesto and warned of hard Budget decisions.
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Deputy PM distances herself from Reeves' upcoming tax betrayal
It’s predicted that chancellor Rachel Reeves will raise taxes in the upcoming budget, even though Labour explicitly promised not to raise taxes in their 2024 manifesto. In an obvious attempt to distance herself from this betrayal, the new deputy leader Lucy Powell has come out to say the following: NEW: Labour deputy leader Lucy Powell MP tells me @bbc5live the party should stand by it’s promises not to raise income tax, national insurance and …
Labour’s new deputy leader Lucy Powell says party must not break tax manifesto promise
Lucy Powell has said that Labour must stand by its election manifesto pledge to not raise taxes. This comes amid reports that chancellor Rachel Reeves has notified the spending watchdog that she plans to raise income tax at the Autumn Budget on 26 November. The government is said to be looking at a 2% increase in income tax, paired with a 2% cut in National Insurance. Asked in a BBC Radio 5 Live interview yesterday how important Powell thought i…
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Labour must stick to manifesto pledge not to raise key taxes, Lucy Powell says
The new deputy leader’s intervention could cause a headache for Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who has rolled the pitch for higher taxes at her Budget.
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