Andrew Neil drills into Labour’s manifesto page by page

“Labour’s mantra is that it has no plans to increase the taxes of working people…When politicians say they have no plans, it usually means they do, but they're just not telling us.”
Andrew Neil is joined by The Times’s policy editor Oliver Wright and economist Liam Halligan to dissect Labour’s manifesto.
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[@JulieMalone-oy1ll]

Reform reform for me

[@clairewilliams8225]

when the foriegners, and woke are gone and the country is still a mess, who u gonna blame then?

[@mark_8719]

Labour = more of the same BS

[@liamanthony6617]

Starmer needs to unblock his nose and buggar off!!! VOTE REFORM

[@user-wl4cl1ph3b]

Really ?

[@Whiskah]

I'm looking forward to having the LOWEST waiting times in the NHS's history AGAIN I may add.......Oh noessss the HORROR!

[@robhingston]

YES MUCH MUCH MORE!!

[@ChrisCresta-hs8cz]

They are all actors and showman. What they say in public is not what they say behind closed doors. NOTHING WILL CHANGE. These people are detached from reality. The are bought and paid for by big business and are slaves to the rich.

[@tomrigby7016]

Don’t forget who sold the country’s Gold Reserves of when gold was at its lowest value It was Gordon Brown who is advising Flip Flop

[@midgemagoo]

Gordon Brown was/is an idiot.

[@nicksmith4361]

Gordon Brown’s plans are now coming to fruition. They weren’t meant to happen overnight but with Labour now they will happen.

[@reasonerenlightened2456]

To sustain a free market You must tax the extreme concentration of Wealth and then give it evenly to everybody , again and again, so that the market can have customers.

[@JoshWiniberg]

​@@reasonerenlightened2456not evenly, but yes, some redistribution is needed to save capitalism from itself.

[@billh7106]

He did more than that he ran from the people Blair handed him the job and he was scared to go to the people he betrayed our solders he poisoned the planet with deisel so he could charge more for deisel council tax went up and up and up stole our pensions rewards for his mates in the banks when they were bankrupted

[@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne]

I like the proposal from Reform. No income tax until you are earning £20k. Higher rate tax only kicks in at £70k. Why are these proposals not being discussed by the media? We deserve to know more.

[@BenJ2020]

They are planning to scrap the interest we pay on the Bank of England's funny money printing scheme which is going to cost us around 100 billion over the next 2 years. Of course, these lot wouldn't mention it they are funded and run by the state institutions that profit from it

[@ColinBarrett001]

Because they're obvious lies.

[@BenJ2020]

@ColinBarrett001 No it's because they don't want to advertise the way things could be different. Go do some research on how much we are paying the Bank of England in the next 2 years on interest payments for the fake money that's been printed since 2008 and come back to me

[@Jay-xr3sb]

Liz truss was to cut 45% rate to 40% and it crashed uk bond values, making all expenses higher. What do you think would happen with those reform ideas

[@BenJ2020]

@Jay-xr3sb it depends on where you're saving it. Look at the interest we are paying the Bank of England for all the funny money we have printed

[@adrianstuart921]

Labour never could be trusted where tax was involved!

[@realitycheckreally8412]

Labour will do what socialist's always do print money and spend it. Just like the commeservatives have just done. As Well as put tax's

[@tonyfraser1749]

How dare you mention Liebour and trust in the same sentence, go wash your mouth out

[@clairewilliams8225]

brainwashed by the tories

[@realitycheckreally8412]

@@clairewilliams8225 as of yet Labour have given no idea how their going to fund anything other than tax the rich. Won't trust a socialist to balance the books. As for the Tory party less said about them the better apart form what the difference between them and Labour. (UNIPARTY)...

[@RelationalDatabase-us7fr]

Council tax will be rising

[@martynscott1227]

Watch my lips “Stealth Taxes”

[@eljay5009]

Yep - they have said they wont increase income tax, NI or VAT - but they haven't said they won't play with the thresholds at which these kick in, or the caps that apply (e.g. to NI). Also - there are loads of other taxes that "working people" pay (e.g. council tax, insurance tax, VED, luxury car tax, fuel duty, alcohol duty, sugar tax, stamp duty etc) and there is nothing stopping them introducing new taxes (e.g. road pricing, more ULEZ or congestion zones etc)

[@dodgynumber7533]

ULEZ is a huge tax on working people! No mention of Foreign Aid? Inheritance Tax? Taxing Pensions, Savings and Investments? Council Tax and Capital Gains?

[@mw8653]

VAT will probably increase.

[@jasonbuksh2958]

Tax is not the answer

[@ddandymann]

Inheritance tax and CGT affect less than 5% of the electorate.

[@s.k.6616]

The younger generation has been taught that someone will take care of them, not themselves.

[@jasonbuksh2958]

@@dodgynumber7533 it’s all designed to Keep working people working for as long as possible so they can pay tax …. Not a lot of people have figured that out yet !!!

[@harrisonbell7257]

Labour Tax , Tax and more Tax

[@nicksmith4361]

What Labour hasn’t admitted is that the home owners, landlords, motorists, all business owners, pensioners, and many others will be hit with tax rises. Just going about our daily lives car fuel taxes will rise, vehicle licensing will rise, insurance will be taxed, access to towns and cities will be taxed, ULEZ will be everywhere. Taxes on food and drink will rise. Everything will get more expensive so taxes are raised for Labour’s pledges.

[@reasonerenlightened2456]

The Tory must stay in Power to fix what they broke. Millions more would perish but that is a sacrifice the Wealthy are willing to make.

[@Peter-Ac]

You'll be okay, as nobody has mentioned tampering with the cost of your Kool-Aid

[@ThePixey1000]

@@reasonerenlightened2456 Please tell me you are joking if you belive a word that comes out of SUNAKs mouth you are delutional.Both main parties are corrupt and have only filled their own pockets. why do you think they both like a two party first passed the post voting system. Because no matter which side of the house they are on they are back on the gravy train but the one in charge is the banker. wake up VOTE REFORM UK..... change the system change the country.

[@pickleonions4277]

They might as well print their manifestos on toilet paper for how long they last after they get in power. They should all start with "this is a work of fiction "

[@lasttango7522]

Yeah this clown show are not telling us the truth. No left wing governments can stimulate growth. America is in the financial sh..s. Biden has stuffed up. And thatvwill certainly affect us. Beers playbook for a massive whoops. Ffs

[@ChrisCresta-hs8cz]

Hahah very well said. NOTHING WILL CHANGE. They never have and never will stick to what they promise.

[@samanthaostrowski6755]

VOTE REFORM UK IT'S THE ONLY WAY ❤❤VOTE REFORM UK IT'S THE ONLY WAY ❤❤❤❤❤VOTE REFORM UK IT'S THE ONLY WAY ❤❤❤❤

[@stevenhowe6677]

Reform will be getting my vote - respect.

[@rainbowgirl4038]

No

[@kayburnett6792]

I don’t think these people voting Labour realise just how bad things will get. It’s not just tax rises it’s being flooded migrants, being a two state country which Angela Raynor promised the Muslims if they voted for her. Going back in the EU via the back door and Starmer does prefer Davos to Westminster and they want to take our freedoms, 15 minute cities, no cash, as they said you will own nothing and be happy.

[@Piccyman1]

@@rainbowgirl4038and why would we listen to you?

[@jennyellen2606]

Reform are getting my vote and all my family.

[@jasonbuksh2958]

WE NEED REFORM

[@NigelThompson-hb5jg]

Council tax is stuck in 1991? Mine has gone up year by year since then, and is now the most expensive in England.

[@stumac869]

They mean the valuation of your house in 1991 which if revalued will no doubt result in a higher council tax bill, particularly for those in London and the South East.

[@Moneymaster-op8fl]

No one is bringing up the cost of Labour’s Green policies of forcing you to get a heat pump and ending the use of petrol and diesel cars.

[@veronicasavage1182]

Say no to Labour

[@Stiffytheenlightened]

Labour will destroy what is left of Britain.

[@aamanzay3961]

A huge no to labour!!!!!!

[@Stiffytheenlightened]

@@aamanzay3961 Yes, lets hope others see the dangers.

[@reasonerenlightened2456]

The Tory must stay in Power to fix what they broke. Millions more would perish but that is a sacrifice the Wealthy are willing to make.

[@jimhardy1897]

They will line their own pockets they always have.

[@RonTodd-gb1eo]

The more Labour promises not to put up tax the more I expect them to come after private pensions. Public sector pensions will only ever get better.

[@markblance8492]

For sure. Standard Liebour, go after the successful to make the mass feel good.

[@reasonerenlightened2456]

The Tory must stay in Power to fix what they broke. Millions more would perish but that is a sacrifice the Wealthy are willing to make.

[@RonTodd-gb1eo]

@@reasonerenlightened2456 It is not the wealthy that will suffer most when Sir Keir with or without the advice of Lord Blair is in charge. They can afford the pain of a bit extra tax. The pension I will have after working on the shop floor for 45 years is little enough without socialists help themselves to a slice of it. The rich will have money hidden behind the best accountants and lawyers. It is not the rich who will have their daughters living next to the foreign criminals Labour will create easy legal ways into this country while shutting down any way of deporting them. It will not be the rich that suffer when working wages are kept down and house prices kept up by continuing mass immigration. It is not the rich that will suffer from increasing crowding as more houses have to be built to provide subsidised housing for immigrants. It is not the rich that will suffer when Sir Keir, without any referenda, changes the constitution to make the left’s hold on the elected part of power as strong as it already is on the unelected part of power.

[@StuartRussell-ul5rx]

Yes it's an old clinch but the voters will get what they vote for. Long term Labour financial instability aided by a change in the voting age. Will recinate long in the pocket beyond a few people upset with Tories in the short term.

[@MichaelWillby]

Don't worry about tax , worry about sharia. Worry about the open doors policy to immigration.

[@DavidJohnson-yg8qm]

Council tax bands haven't changed but councill tax has. The band is now just a property rating. The valuation has nothing to do with what we pay. To assume any other is pure ignorance.

[@sirbarringtonwomblembe4098]

Or stupidity.

[@mikeparrott8304]

What is it actually calculated on?

[@davepreece2335]

@@mikeparrott8304 In England and Scotland it's the property value as it would have been in 1991. In Wales 2003. Changing that to current value shouldn't significantly change banding in most cases. It's the banding that sets the tax.

[@reasonerenlightened2456]

The Tory must stay in Power to fix what they broke. Millions more would perish but that is a sacrifice the Wealthy are willing to make. I vote for the party that would give me what I want: 1) To sustain a free market You must tax the extreme concentration of Wealth and then give it evenly to everybody , again and again, so that the market can have customers. 2) Do not let foreign entities extract profit from our markets. We must extract profits from their markets.

[@eljay5009]

Council tax is an envy tax - nothing more. You pay based on some assumed 'on paper' value of your property - not on the service you use or your ability to pay. You are effectively punished for investing in a larger house.

[@JulieMalone-oy1ll]

The labs are vague about everything, i wish they would just vague off

[@clairewilliams8225]

they vagued off in 2010, now they're back

[@keithmartland6463]

If Labour gets in, everyone needs to leave the UK!

[@richardeggett392]

Wait until motorists get their tax bills. car tax fuel tax it will go up under the guise of being green tax.

[@ajwright5512]

I'm a higher rate tax payer: Fix the country and charge me my fair share of the bill. I don't want to live in a country as broken as this anymore.

[@garymitchell5899]

What's your fair share?

[@Isclachau]

I doubt he’s done a days work in his life

[@jonathonhoggarth6473]

They are already sending your money to ukraine and isreal, and you want to send them more, haha😂

[@jivebunny3765]

Twit.

[@mccoomer]

Move to Venezuela. Save the rest of us from the pain of socialist economics.

[@wendyholland2339]

Vote REFORM AND STOP THE MADNESS IT WILL MAKE THEM ALL THINK ITS OUR TIME PEOPLE

[@ColinBarrett001]

Another dupe... How much money have you sent them so far?😅

[@williamhenry8914]

No thanks, Reform are degenerates

[@HarkyOfficial]

Replace REFORM with BREXIT and you'll realise this has all happened before and Nigel is taking all you fools for a ride.

[@Roger-mx1ff]

​@@HarkyOfficialunlike labour and the tories years and years of proven lies 😂😂😂 get a grip. Vote REFORM 4th july 🎉🎉🎉

[@seanjohnbig2664]

Vote reform are the same folks who vote for brexit and how has brexit turned out for you? Immigration is higher post brexit vs pre brexit, lol

[@Treeburnify]

They can’t touch Council Tax unless they want to be just a one term government - it would be insane and poll tax all over again

[@harryfoster6374]

My money is all on our Pension funds, Gordon Brown shadow is still here.

[@philipmilner9638]

Labour's manifesto 'gobbledygook in print', Labour can say what they're going to do because they don't know the state of the books are in yet...

[@Will46666]

No one mentioned the tax that keeps on giving - THE INFLATION TAX.

[@ThePixey1000]

I have never ever known a Labour government not tax us I have never ever known a Labour government leave this country in on its feet I have never ever known a Labour government tell the truth VOTE REFORM UK save your country you have nothing to lose we are broken

[@geoffhunter7704]

Plus the Labour Manifesto does not reveal that Starmergeddon has a certain Tony Blair as his Chief Advisor (SPAD).

[@lasttango7522]

We know.

[@Neerod49]

Also Tony Blair took us to war, opened the gates for immigration and Starmer and Cherie Blair were CPS for human rights at the time labour was power. Do people seriously think he will step back from this. The gates will be removed and everyone will be welcome under labour.

[@geoffhunter7704]

@@lasttango7522 Not every labour voter knows that bliar has NOT gone away,so there!!!!!

[@jbug884]

@@geoffhunter7704most don’t know, they’re all thick!

[@paulhurt71]

Don't tell us half the story Starmer. Be up front and tell us the whole story. Any manifesto should be legally binding. If it's not in it you can't do it.

[@sirbarringtonwomblembe4098]

???? And if you can't get the legislation through Parliament, you can't do it either.

[@brianbeag]

@@sirbarringtonwomblembe4098but if you have a comfortable majority this is not an issue. And, despite the problems of Tory governance in the last 14 years, not all of which were within their control, the Tory voters must not abandon them.

[@johna5624]

@@brianbeag The Tory voters should abandon them or they will double down on the last 5 years of incompetence and nonsense.

[@pip1723]

I've headed enough from the tories I'll be voting Labour.

[@brianbeag]

@@pip1723 in which case you’ll be much worse off, particularly if you have any unearned income. 8bn of additional taxes in Labour manifesto outstripping current levels under the Tories and nothing that will actually achieve greater growth - just sound bites. Covid, High energy costs (Ukraine war) were outside the government’s control and resulted in a massive hike of national debt. Arguably would have been much worse under Labour, for example Starmer advocated harder and longer lockdowns during Covid which would have had a greater adverse effect on the economy. Yes, the Tories have not helped themselves but I do fear for the consequences of the next 5 or worse still, 10 years under Labour.

[@soundssimple1]

All manifesto's fall apart after the first year. people have short memories and this give 4 additional years of surviving the lie.

[@KevenHutchinson-gt1nn]

They keep saying the will not raise income tax or N.I, but they are going to keep thresholds frozen until 2018. That is raising those taxes.

[@crapisnice]

Vote greens

[@KevenHutchinson-gt1nn]

@@crapisnice I think a little research goes along way before commenting, the Greens propose hiking both Income tax and N.I. The want to raise N.I from 2 to 8% for anyone earning over 50k a year, 50k isn't a bad salary but certainly it certainly does not count as rich. To part fund there Universal basic income, they propose removing tax allowances on n.i and income completely. Even with the Introduction of UBI millions of people not far up the income scale would be much worse off.

[@KevenHutchinson-gt1nn]

@@crapisnice The Greens pledge the biggest rise in Income tax and N.I by abolishing tax allowances altogether. Even with the Introduction of ubi, most people would be worse off. Not to mention the hike in n.i from 2 to 8% on upper earnings. Why would I vote for a party that would hike those taxes more than the Tories or Labour.

[@user-wj7cv9hb5j]

Exactly. Devalue the £1 and don't touch the tax threshold = stealth tax through inflation.

[@jeffstevens4262]

Obviously, nobody has told those Labour supporters the election is on the 4th of July, not the 4th of May 🤣

[@sirrodneyffing1]

Nothing Labour will do will drive growth. Investment is already leaving the UK in droves.

[@Isclachau]

That’s why if you have money you can get it out of the Country. Thats why Socialism never works even though the fools keep trying .

[@sfactory8253]

Due to brexit

[@imbonkers3629]

@@sfactory8253typical 🤡maybe it’s because the world bank as said the west 😮so that includes the eu face 10 years of stagnation, growth will be in the east , so investment is heading east you 🤡

[@Isclachau]

@@sfactory8253 Due to an incoming Labour gvt

[@davidk7262]

All part of the Brexit dividend.

[@kirkwhitfield5257]

it was Gordan brown labour who put tax on pensioners

[@eljay5009]

Gordon Brown effectively killed off final salary pensions in the private sector (whilst retaining them in the public sector)

[@happytimes6113]

No plans means we will, but after we have your vote!

[@markhoskins4996]

The Labour party is going to bankrupt the UK.

[@Thirteen31Music]

Serious question: why is it that Labour pledging to keep the main 3 taxes at their current rate is so intensely scrutinised but The Tories pledging tax cuts left and right isnt? If the economic forecast isnt great how could the Tories afford to cut taxes without making major cuts to public services? This point never seems to be analysed. If they’re offering tax cuts to voters i think we should be picking that apart as much as any Labour manifesto plans.

[@Thomas-cp1fw]

They plan on cutting Welfare by 12 billion - that is stated in the Tory manifesto/pledge

[@seamuspadraigsanders431]

The conservatives manifesto was fully costed. Labours was not. There is no conspiracy, tax revenue would be lower but would pick up through increased spending and therefore economic growth.

[@pip1723]

@@seamuspadraigsanders431 😂.

[@GodzillaM693]

@@seamuspadraigsanders431what policies are the Tories proposing to encourage economic growth?

[@seamuspadraigsanders431]

@@GodzillaM693 Tax cuts leave room for the ordinary citizen to invest. Therefore growing the economy. Large taxes for free services that don't make a profit do the opposite.

[@Iazzaboyce]

Since 1976 (48 years) The British people have only voted for one Labour leader to be their prime minister and he was a disaster.

[@thomashowe1509]

I’ve always found that quite hilarious in a sense. Even though Labour will get a PM this time, the amount of taxes they are going to have to implement for the bulk of their agenda is mind numbing. I don’t always agree with Neil, but his guess that after 6 months Labour will be very unpopular doesn’t actually seem far fetched.

[@ThePixey1000]

@@thomashowe1509 Who says Labour will get into power like that is a given is that because the polls say so and how often have they been correct. There is a revolution going on out there on the street this country is full of anger not just with the conservatives but BOTH main parties.I feel this country is in for a shock.

After 18.00 he knocks off as he has to get home...Upstairs!

[@DaveCorbey]

To make a point that council tax hasn't been revalued since the 90s is a nonsense...every year it goes up by 5% (in my area) even thought interest rates have been almost zero for 10+ years.. So much so that I was worried council tax would eventually become unpayable.

[@paulsheehan2998]

Capital gains tax needs to be means tested. Why should i pay the same rate as a billionaire? We need total tax reform but nobody is brave enough to do it.

[@keene139]

Really, who trusts any politician regardless of party.

[@davidlundrigan1435]

Your opinion is what they want you to have. It allows for creation of non voters because whats the point. Low voter turnout generally leads to bad governments.

[@herb9838]

I trust they want to keep their jobs, and if we actually organised as a country and demanded better we'd get it.

[@pip1723]

Yeah I've trust in politicians I've no trust in the gas lighting media though .

[@jonnobloggs1139]

Lazy comment. You are trying that republican party trick to try and stop people from going out to vote. We are onto your type.

[@ag.s2012]

£400b for labour to find. CGT for entrepreneurs who take that instead of income tax, are a major target for labour.

[@alandraper7901]

Tax the people who try to create the wealth of this country. Ridiculous idea.

[@paulmapp8306]

@@alandraper7901 yeh, but thats socialism - a race to equality....at the lowest level possible.

[@alandraper7901]

@@paulmapp8306 It will still cost jobs. Still put off entrepreneurs. Still drive investors from the UK.

[@reasonerenlightened2456]

@@alandraper7901 We must increase penalties on drivers and human behaviour. We need cameras and signs everywhere and if someone does not follow the signs they get a penalty. If you do not look in front of your feet at all times you should get a penalty if caught on camera. That is the only way to raise more taxes....since the days of Robinhood.

[@chrisbye8203]

We just need a government that can do the basics well and make business as straightforward as possible.

[@brianmallalieu4940]

Then vote for reform

[@bbcisrubbish]

Of course Labour will increase taxes, then send the money to Africa etc. to line the pockets of the Presidents of those countries.

[@MagnaCarta-b5q]

Labour tax, tax and tax find a back door to tax even more 👍👍👍

[@TerribleFire]

So council tax is going to go through the roof under labour. How about getting the people that use services to pay for them.

[@soundssimple1]

Question ? Who will fill all these new houses ? Locals ? Immigrants ? Why would a council or planners build locally expanding the size of towns or cities just to house millions of FOREIGN INCOMERS ? Locals will not be happy. Choices ? Build or not build !

[@lasttango7522]

That issue alone is why I decided not to vote Labour. They haven't discussed this in any debate. Why? Tbh I don't blame immigrants. Its our governments that fail to be honest about this. If they want this country to be an international landing ground. For anyone. Then be honest. Their deceipt only leads to anger. None of them seem to have a clue.

[@reasonerenlightened2456]

Local businesses will be happy because the cost of labour drops when there are many people to choose from.

[@soniabaker9790]

You cannot run a country without taxes and the mess cons have left us in, something has to give and its going to happen, but if its goes into the country and not pockets , bring it on !!! Labour 🎉

[@John-gr5tx]

I didn't know he had a manifesto. He certainly has not said anything about it.

[@ajwright5512]

A revenue neutral revaluation would be good for poorer people, not so good for me, but it's the right thing to do.

[@andrewmartin3671]

I'm in a similar position. I have some faith that fewer poorer people will lead to things like less crime, better health (and so less stress on the NHS) and a slightly more chill "higher trust" society, so while it may well hit your and my bank balance, we will be truly better off. I have no idea whether Labour can achieve that, but I'm certain the Tory's weren't even trying!

[@archvaldor]

"A revenue neutral revaluation would be good for poorer people" No it won't,. You need to tackle wealthy inequality to prevent the deathslide that's going on. Tinkering around the edges is what the tories have been doing for 14 years.

[@ajwright5512]

@@archvaldor Then replace "good" with "better". But I agree.

[@reasonerenlightened2456]

@@andrewmartin3671 1) To sustain a free market You must tax the extreme concentration of Wealth and then give it evenly to everybody , again and again, so that the market can have customers (i.e. humans with money to spend). 2) Do not let foreign entities extract profit from our markets. We must extract profits from their markets.

[@jbug884]

Well that’s it, we’re Fu#ked! My landlord is selling up to avoid tax, my boss is saying he’s moving the company to Ireland to avoid tax, so I’ll be jobless. I’ll be last in the queue for a council house because immigrants get priority now. There’ll be more people coming into the country so I’ll be even further down the list 😢

[@user-zu9qz7un1v]

My vote is with reform we've had 14 years of Tory disaster

[@sandrastewart2450]

Vote reform vote reform

[@angelakadeer1565]

All the houses built round my way are very expensive 3 or 4 bedrooms etc, no "affordable ones "at all !

[@terrypowell4249]

Smarmer is very good at saying what he will not do but very reticent to say what he will do.Expect increased fuel duty, the usual increase on beer, spirits and tobacco. Probable Vat increase, inheritance tax, capital gains tax increases and lots more "green" subsidies. He said the labour government in Wales is a blueprint for success, god help us!

[@iansteel5569]

This is going to be a disaster, I thought the Conservatives were bad, Sir Kier says 'Hold my beer'.

[@Jessy-rp3hx]

Please get rid of the tool maker and bring Rishi back❤

[@Gojosusedcumsock]

Wow I finally found the person that likes fishi rishi 😂

[@grantwallace1882]

Yes, yes, yes. Thank you for speaking some sense, Liam.

[@veronicasavage1182]

I don't understand, how are they going to make enough electricity to keep all the cars, Lorries, trains etc.. the roads would hVe to be widened in certain areas, where would we put all the chargers. We all use more electric, in the winter, are there going to be blackouts.. sorry just asking

[@chrisfuller5280]

It's refreshing to view content that is somewhat more nutral to the normal commentary. Thank you.

[@jedjones9047]

Ed miliband said we're in a climate emergency labour will have to fix it' it ain't going to be cheap.

[@lansdorf]

Get ready for the old poll tax system to be re introduced.

[@DavidJones-pu4pi]

Do any of anti Labour people have the courage to count dislikes not just likes. So sad, you are history.

[@AndrogyneMichinaga]

Keir Starmer's words may as well be written on the River Thames.

[@imbonkers3629]

World bank, imf , have said the west is facing 10 years of stagflation, so weres the growth 🙄

[@richardcurtis114]

As for a long time. Labour party get power..the very second they get in ....up go your taxes. Been like for 50 years and beyond. Its genetic. They can't help themselves

[@zippybanana2691]

Tory tax Burden is highest since 1940's .....

[@howmanybeansmakefive]

What is Andrew Neil’s actual track record when it comes to judgment? Didn’t seem to serve him well when he was at GB News.

[@ajwright5512]

Andrew "Geography doesn't matter" Neil? I think he last said that just before the Ever Given wedged itself in the Suez.

[@CK-cz6ml]

Very poor

[@sfactory8253]

Not good when it comes to treatment of the unjabbed .

[@nimzgaz7049]

Regardless! What he said was very logical, if logic is a thing for you.

[@neilrobins4253]

He is really too biased to deserve a platform

[@seanyoung7326]

Yes too labour 😅

[@dingopisscreek]

Excellent interviews by Andrew. He is a very knowledgeable man and I could listen to him all day - but I guess he needs to go home and have his tea like the rest of us.

[@michaelspencer6318]

Mr Neil has had his day ,he is way out of touch.

[@xenosscape8573]

revalue council tax bands aka back handed way to increase council tax beyond the 5% limit unless declared. a revaluing of council tax is literally a nation wide money grab.

[@user-yq3nu5hd6n]

Toolmaker is a very high skilled engineer making products It not a factory worker If you was a tool maker back then it was a great wages This guy a clown

[@alandraper7901]

A tool maker is a skilled factory worker.

[@crapisnice]

Vote greens

[@gregevans8939]

Totally agree ! And if you were a Toolmaker... there's no way you'd ever describe yourself as "...working in a factory"... Starmer telling lies me thinks...

[@alandraper7901]

@@gregevans8939 All the toolmakers worked in the tool room at the factory I used to work.

[@alandraper7901]

@crapisnice Vote what Greens 😅🤣😂😅🤣 Greens 😅🤣😂 Sorry I am not wasting my vote. I will reluctantly vote. Reform. I'm still wasting my vote, but they have a better chance in my lefty obsessed constituency.

[@davidp4456]

Labour has no understanding of economic growth and like Governments before them will see a decline in real economic returns. Their focus is to increase taxation as its primary means of increasing public spending. This has been going on for years and is draining the prosperity of everyone regardless of class. There needs to be a wholescale revolt against a political system that is directing the peoples savings towards individuals and corporate interests that makes a few much richer and the poor much poorer.

[@ronthompson8204]

Wow, an adult conversation without spin and bias, it’ll never catch on.

[@cplhpilot]

Make the rich pay their fair share; no secret there.

[@stumac869]

The top 1% already pay 30% of tax whereas the bottom 50% take more out the system than they pay in. It's the bottom 50% that needs to raise their game and pay their fair share.

[@airdog1829]

More tax? What for, I've got my own bills to pay. Also, businesses are already paying loads extra to deal with Brexit red tape. Banks are earning a fortune through rip off interest rates, and council tax keeps rising whilst services diminish. We're already paying more than we can afford.

[@Seafarer1947]

Got any savings or investments? Labour will be very interested in them especially for the retired receiving a State Pension ! VOTE WISELY 🧐

[@airdog1829]

Hopefully there'll be an incentive to work.

[@airdog1829]

We can't afford Labour.

[@paulsheehan2998]

Make boom and bust great again!

[@franksamet]

What is going wrong in the background at 12:15 - Is it shock from what’s been heard or a potential lengthening of the NHS waiting list?

[@MegaChabrol]

I understand Starmer and Reeve's fear of scaring middle england away from voting for them but as the IFS said none of this adds up, they talk about itll all be paid for by growth but none of the kind of serious money to kickstart growth-even their big green investment was watered down. The few figures they have mentioned are small amounts, its tinkering not righting a country in need of major change.

[@seamuspadraigsanders431]

You're correct, Reeves is a plagiariser and Starmer the worst head of the CPS in history. They have 0 economic experience. Reeves economic models are the same models that caused the 2007 banking crisis.

[@pj1471]

Glad that the discussion is that the Labour policies are sensible and there is no magic wand for an overnight fix. I hope the electorate appreciates this rather than moaning the day after the election, but I fear that the majority will not appreciate long-term priorities and complain that they cannot afford Sky.

[@seamuspadraigsanders431]

8.9 billion is not enough to cover the annual council budget deficits. They need to invest hundreds of billions to kick start growth. Think about it. You invest 1 billion, over 5 years how much do you think it will make in profits ? 30-40 % that's only 300 million. They need to make close to a trillion at least, that's only 200 billion profit per year. That means they need to invest 3 trillion for the 30-40 % profit (Growth).

[@davidharwood9552]

Are Labour going to tax pensioners

[@johnsidwell2241]

Keep up ,we already are if our income exceeds the personal allowance

[@davidharwood9552]

@@johnsidwell2241 well smarty pants 🩲 we know that the personal allowance could be targeted. Will I be paying more to Starmer and Angela

[@johnsidwell2241]

@@davidharwood9552 is the pope catholic

[@user-oh2cc5in4y]

@@davidharwood9552Your state pension will be taxed by Labour but the Tory’s have pledged to leave it alone.

[@pmarmify]

make NHS one system ie scrap the hundreds of NHS trusts & NHS quangos just have one board of directors instead of board of directors at each NHS trust!

[@OptimisticHominid]

Well, you have to pay for Brexit somehow!

[@ianmasters8344]

Andrew, we in Wales had a revision of Council Tax revaluation in 2003 as well.

[@paulsideeye7546]

I'm looking for Mr Neil's deep dive into the Tory manifesto? Could someone post a link please?

[@AdrianCalcagnile]

The labour government is not for the workers only the tax they get out of them

[@Christopher-oi1gl]

I bet the petrol tax will go up 200%

[@cyruslad5462]

I love the old be careful Labour don't do what the conservatives have been doing for the last 10 years

[@Henners1991]

Please don't touch my corporation tax x

[@adamabbas1487]

Whether you like it or not, they are right. There will be no quick solutions that will make things better regardless of which party get in.

[@masterofparsnips5327]

Liam Halligan ... Based !!

[@gio-oz8gf]

They won't tell you how growth will suddenly be conjured up because they are not claiming it will be. In fact, Pat McFadden said on TV this morning that it will take a couple of years.

[@Ally-StaffyLover]

Starmer also opened up on a topic he hasn’t shared much about: how he and his Jewish wife are raising his children to recognize their Jewish faith. Starmer, who succeeded Jeremy Corbyn earlier this year, said Monday that he was “brought up Church of England, loosely, and my wife’s family are Jewish, they came out from Poland.” As reported in The Times of Isreal 29 Dec 2020. He kept that quiet in the UK

[@janetholden1978]

When you think how house prices have risen adjusting council tax bands would mean most people wouldnt be able to afford their council tax

[@Neerod49]

Images do not rise fast enough to cover everything going up. I live alone, lucky enough to be nearly finished with my mortgage, but to do that I am working until I’m 68, only a few more years. I have fears I won’t be able to manage that with everything rising. I don’t want to work when in my 70’s but seems I may have to. People on benefits don’t pay council tax and I’m not including pension in benefits because it bloody well isn’t. I’ve paid into it and earned it.

[@Neerod49]

Wages do not rise high enough!

[@reasonerenlightened2456]

Just sell something that you own. You would be fine even if you sell one of your kidneys or eyes.

[@user-et6be8nc1r]

British people should know this.

[@vicicooper4720]

Freezing thresholds.