Keir Starmer bids to twist the knife on the Tories by launching manifesto ‘for wealth creators’ after snap poll finds he won crucial TV election showdown – despite being slammed over tax hike plans, backing for Jeremy Corbyn and ‘robotic’ manner
Keir Starmer will look to turn the blade on the Tories today while he has a election manifesto promising to focus on ‘wealth creation’.
The Work The leader looks to capitalize after a poll showed him coming out on top in a crucial TV showdown Rishi Sunak last night.
Sir Keir was roasted during the Sky News program in Grimsby on claims he will raise taxes, and whether he can be ‘trusted’ after previously supporting Jeremy Corbyn. He was also scolded for his ‘robotic’ manner.
However, YouGov research found viewers outperformed the Prime Minister by 64 to 36 per cent – after Mr Sunak endured an even more brutal 45-minute mauling. The Prime Minister was repeatedly abused for leaving D-Day commemorations early and faced derisive laughter when he tried to defend the Tories’ record on issues such as immigration.
Sir Keir will launch the manifesto in Manchester today. Unlike Tuesday’s Tory offer – which contained no photos at all – it will apparently include 34 images of the leader.
But with polls putting the party on track for a landslide, the content is being billed as ‘safety first’.
Keir Starmer arrives for the Sky News election event in Grimsby on June 12
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves speaks at a press conference in central London, responding to the launch of the Conservative Party manifesto
The document is expected to include a pledge to cap corporate taxes at the current rate of 25 percent, to provide long-term certainty for companies.
However, it does not rule out a council tax revaluation or a raid on capital gains tax – something the Tories have taken advantage of.
Sir Keir is expected to say: ‘Creating wealth is our number one priority. Growth is our core business – the goal and means of national renewal. ‘The mandate we seek in these elections is for economic growth. This changed PvdA has a growth plan. We are pro-business and pro-workers, the party of wealth creation.’
Labor has already ruled out increasing income tax, national insurance or national insurance rates VATand said the manifesto will not include tax increases that have not yet been announced.
These increases will impose a VAT on private school fees, eliminate non-domestic tax status and close loopholes in the windfall tax on oil and gas companies.
The party’s first steps also include a pledge to cut NHS waiting lists by 40,000 new appointments a week, setting up a Border Security Command, setting up GB Energy, cracking down on anti-social behavior and hiring 6,500 teachers. The manifesto is expected to promise to reform planning rules and build 1.5 million new homes.
There will be measures to review workers’ rights and a promise to devolve decision-making to Westminster.
On foreign policy, Labor has said it will back Ukraine against Russia and support the recognition of a Palestinian state as part of a Middle East peace process.
The party has also pledged to aim to spend 2.5 percent of GDP on defense.
