Labour campaigned on the economy during the election and took the line: “no tax rises for working people“. Reeves and party spokesmen said:
Labour constantly attacked the Tories for raising taxes and pledged not to raise them “on working people“. Three weeks later that one’s dead in the water…
Rachel Reeves tells The News Agents that “we will have to increase taxes in the budget“. According to their own definition the taxes Labour is teeing up will break its manifesto promise…
Sarah Pochin at Reform Scotland’s manifesto launch event: “I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn’t allowed… One day let’s do one of these events not live-streamed. We’ll do all the naughty stuff…”