Starmer refuses to rule out manifesto-breaking tax rises in budget

Keir Starmer refuses to rule out manifesto-busting tax rises 12 times in TV interview

Labour prime minister came under pressure over Rachel Reeves’s upcoming Budget while on a trip to the G20 summit in South Africa

Keir Starmer refuses to rule out manifesto-busting tax rises 12 times in TV interview

Labour prime minister came under pressure over Rachel Reeves’s upcoming Budget while on a trip to the G20 summit in South Africa

Starmer refuses to rule out manifesto-breaking tax rises in budget

The prime minister would not be drawn on the contents of his government's second budget while speaking to Beth Rigby. Follow live coverage of the budget from 12.30pm on Wednesday with Sky News.

Starmer refuses to rule out manifesto-breaking tax rises in budget

The prime minister has refused to rule out manifesto-breaking tax hikes in next week’s budget while speaking to Sky News’s political editor Beth Rigby. Sir Keir Starmer was interviewed by Rigby while the pair were in South Africa for a meeting of the G20 group of nations. Despite the government last year indicating it was not going to raise more taxes, it appears that Wednesday’s fiscal event will involve substantial increases in levies. The 202…