Keir Starmer will look to twist the knife on the Tories as he launches an election manifesto pledging to focus on ‘wealth creation’.
The Labour leader is bidding to capitalise after a poll showed he came out on top in a crucial TV showdown with Rishi Sunak.
Sir Keir was roasted during the Sky News programme in Grimsby over claims he will hike taxes and whether he can be ‘trusted’ after previously backing Jeremy Corbyn. He was also criticised for his ‘robotic’ manner.
However, YouGov research found viewers that he outperformed the PM by 64 per cent to 36 per cent – after Mr Sunak suffered an even more brutal 45-minute mauling. The premier was repeatedly battered over leaving D-Day commemorations early and endured mocking laughter as he tried to defend the Tories’ record on issues such as immigration.
In Manchester, Sir Keir Starmer will introduce the manifesto. It will supposedly have 34 shots of the leader, compared to the Tory offering on Tuesday, which contained none at all.
But with polls putting the party on track for a landslide, the content is being billed as ‘safety first’. It will include charging VAT on private school fees and a ‘nanny state’ crackdown on junk food – including banning energy drinks for under-16s.
The document is expected to include a pledge to cap corporation tax at its current rate of 25 per cent to give businesses long-term certainty.
It will not, however, preclude the Tories from reevaluating the council tax or cutting the capital gains tax.
Sir Keir Starmer is expected to say: ‘Wealth creation is our number one priority. Growth is our core business – the end and the means of national renewal.’The mandate we seek at this election is for economic growth. This changed Labour Party has a plan for growth. We are pro-business and pro-worker, the party of wealth creation.’
Labour has already stated that it will not include any tax increases in the platform that have not already been published. This includes hiking the rates of income tax, national insurance, or VAT.
Those increases are charging VAT on private school fees, abolishing the non-dom tax status and closing ‘loopholes’ in the windfall tax on oil and gas firms.
In addition, the party has promised to create GB Energy, eliminate disruptive behaviour, create a Border Security Command, reduce NHS waiting lists by 40,000 new appointments each week, and employ 6,500 teachers as part of its initial initiatives. It is anticipated that the manifesto would pledge to construct 1.5 million new houses and change planning regulations.
I would never in a million years vote for Keir Starmer, but I could never give the Tories my support. But I know who will receive my vote, and it’s not going to be Reform! I want a party that will represent my interests as well as the worries I have for my nation’s future.
No party has a fixation on doing anything. They include things in their platform that they don’t intend to execute, then they accuse the previous administration of not having enough money, and they exclude ideas that would be controversial but yet go ahead and implement them.
They have ways of making us obey with a raised right arm, and feet together with a sharp click of the heels.
We need change, but when everyone seems the same, who should we vote for? I’m not able to advise you on who to vote for, but sadly, humans follow the herd like sheep. Cast your vote for the candidate you wish to support; if you’re unsure, don’t cast a ballot at all!
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