Tax cuts under Labour ‘are not going to happen’ due to spending pledges, says Esther McVey
SIR Keir Starmer will not be able to deliver tax cuts if he becomes Prime Minister due to the party’s spending commitments, according to former Conservative cabinet minister Esther McVey.
She was commenting on the Labour leader saying in a GB News interview that he would “like the overall burden” to come down, especially for “working people”.
Ms McVey, a GB News presenter, said: “He couldn’t describe yesterday in an interview what working class people were, so I’m not really sure that he knows, but you and I know it’s people who go out who work hard, who pay taxes, those are the people.
“But he did only say I would like to reduce taxes, he didn’t say he was going to do it. I’d like to play for the Lionesses in the next World Cup but it’s not going to happen, just like his tax cuts are not going to happen, because he’s actually now committing to more spending.
“This is what he criticised Liz Truss about, unfunded tax cuts. No, they are going to be spending more and taxing more.”
In a discussion with Bev Turner, she continued: “He did say that he was going to get to net zero quicker. They did make a £20 billion plus commitment for a green pledge.
“There was also a motion at the Labour Party conference to bring HS2 back which would be again tens and tens of billions of pounds, so he has made commitments.
“He was against HS2 when it cost £38 billion, now he seems to be for it now that it could be costing £180 billion. That’s Labour for you: when it’s costing a lot they’re for it, when it was at a value for money price they weren’t.”
On immigration, she said: “He didn’t mention it and what we do know is the Labour Party voted 70 times against the illegal migration bill. What we do know is he wants to stop the Rwanda deterrent.
“We also know that he wants to have some more safe routes to the UK and also negotiate with the EU to be part of that burden sharing commitment for immigrants, so I think we’ll see numbers go up.”
