
Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of ‘conning the public’ over his grim assessment of the state of Britain’s finances.
The Prime Minister was accused of having ‘showered billions of taxpayers’ money on union paymasters while ‘parachuting donors and supporters into top taxpayer-funded jobs’.
Sir Keir will this week warn of more pain to come as he claims that the state of modern Britain is ‘worse than we ever imagined’.
Conservative Party chairman Richard Fuller also attacked ‘soft-touch’ Chancellor Rachel Reeves for ‘fabricating’ a financial black hole in order to raise taxes.
Mr Fuller said: ‘Just two months in and Keir Starmer has taken winter fuel payments off 10 million pensioners, showered billions of taxpayers’ money on his union paymasters and is now engulfed in a cronyism scandal after parachuting donors and supporters into top taxpayer-funded jobs.
‘The soft-touch Labour Chancellor is squandering money whilst fabricating a financial black hole in an attempt to con the public into accepting tax rises and literally leaving pensioners in the cold.’
In his first major speech since entering No 10, the Prime Minister will say that ‘things will get worse before they get better’.
And he will claim as well as inheriting a £22 billion black hole from the Tories, Labour has also been left a ‘societal black hole’.
Speaking on Sunday, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden told broadcasters the speech would represent a change from the rhetoric of the previous government.
He told LBC: ‘I think it’s a refreshing departure not to engage in some of the snake oil that has been sold to people in recent years and actually have a Prime Minister who says, look, we know it’s a tough situation. You know it’s tough. That’s why you voted for change.
‘Change will come, but we’ve got to work through some of these challenges first.
He added: ‘We have got a difficult economic inheritance; there is no point in running away from that, and we have a number of challenges.
‘But we have already started work.
‘We have announced plans for a National Wealth Fund. We have announced plans to build more houses.
‘We have lifted the ban on onshore wind, starting that energy transition that is really important.
‘So, progress is being made; we are at the start of a journey of change in this Parliament.
‘Change has already begun, and more change will come in future years.’
But Sir Keir will vow not to ‘shy away from making unpopular decisions’ to restore the country and fix the ‘rot’ left by the Tories.
Labour sources denied that was code for punishing tax hikes expected in this Autumn’s Budget, saying the PM was ‘trying to be honest that the change people voted for will take time’.
The clue is right in front of you; they are liars by name and by nature, and this is a truly bad government that we have in charge of people’s everyday lives.
Of course, people were sick to the back teeth of the Tories, but it seems that Labour are no better, and many people were too disillusioned to vote because of all the lies and political betrayals, which simply allowed Labour to win by default.
Keir Starmer has avoided revealing the truth regularly; perhaps he ought to become a professional illusionist and join the circus.
They’re now laying the foundations to increase taxes. If you think we’re in a mess, now wait for the end of Labour’s term in power. I am old enough to have lived under a few Labour governments and all I will say is to be prepared for the next five years of robbing Reeve’s budget.