Keir Starmer says UK cannot ‘tax way to growth’

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Sir Care Starmar rejected the calls from senior labor statistics to meet the growing financial holes with big tax growth, warning: “I don’t think you can tax on your growth way.”

Deputy Leader Angela Rainner and former Prime Minister Gordon Brownie’s choice are under pressure from the choice of Deputy Prime Minister Gordon Brown to pay for higher public expenditures with welfare.

The Prime Minister, however, emphasized that the biggest problem in Britain’s face was a lack of growth. “The question is how we will increase the economy and create resources,” she says the BBC Today Program.

“I don’t think you can tax on your growth way We have it high taxes like us.”

Starmer’s comments will assure themselves in the sights of some labor parliamentarians before the rich in Britain and the banks of the autumn.

Many Economists believe There will be no other way to raise the tax of Chancellor Rachel Reeves, as its self-stained financial rules become increasingly strong strategackets.

In his spring statement in March, he kept only $ 9.9 billion in the “headroom” against the rules of his orrow, but has since seen the government’s debt increasing.

The UK is most closely seen by the 10-year-old Gilt-Benchmark Debt O investors- Rose In the past one year, Japan is more than the equivalent of any other G7 country except Japan. As the price drops, the yield increases.

Meanwhile, under the pressure of Labor MPs, Rive’s $ 1.5 billion $ 1.5 billion is planned to retreat to the removal of winter fuel from good-off pensioners.

The Prime Minister also indicates that she will scrap the two-infant benefits caps introduced by the latest Conservative Government-a step that will spend about $ 3.5 billion dollars-when the Labor MPs are demanding that there is a plan to cut $ 5 billion from the welfare budget.

Reeves may face further injuries in autumn – if expected – the independent office amends the forecast for the UK’s future growth for budget liability, which economists are widely seen as optimistic.

Considering the rigorous revenue situation, Monday refused to guarantee that a labor government would respect his “ambition” to increase defense Expenditure From 2.5 percent in 2027 to the next parliament to 3 percent.

“I will not engage in the politics of the fantasy of spreading the dates out of the air,” he said.

However, he adds pressure on Reeves with his advice that he has retreated on winter fuel – which he said earlier that would happen as a “financial event” like autumn budget.

“If we want to see if the pensioners are worthy of what is worthy, we have more precision as we have,” he said.

Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper says: “The right hand does not know what the left hand is doing. The phone number 10 needs to be lifted at 11 and their apparent U-turn detail needs to be announced without delay.”

In recent weeks, it originated that in March, Raina called for multiple tax hikes to raise public money, including the increase in corporation tax in banks and canceling tax -free allowance on dividends.

Brown, who calls to finish the two-infant benefits cap, has suggested higher taxes on the bank and gambling industry.