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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[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@RelationalDatabase-us7fr]

Council tax will be rising

[@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.

[@martynscott1227]

Watch my lips “Stealth Taxes”

[@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.

[@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)...

[@tonyfraser1749]

@@Will-u3s Well you'll have to stop crying sometime chum, after all I'm one of those laughing at clowns like you!!!

[@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.

[@kevinthomas8417]

Gordon Brown who didn't know how banks work.

[@harrisonbell7257]

Labour Tax , Tax and more Tax

[@KevenHutchinson-gt1nn]

Fingers crossed that's the case, we need atleast 20 billion worth of rises.

[@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 !!!

[@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

[@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.

[@reasonerenlightened2456]

@eljay5009 a tax on your property is a form of Wealth tax.

[@richardeggett392]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@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...

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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?

[@harryfoster6374]

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

[@kirkwhitfield5257]

it was Gordan brown labour who put tax on pensioners

[@keithmartland6463]

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

[@agnosticevolutionist3567]

Show me the door ,

[@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.

[@jimhardy1897]

They will line their own pockets they always have.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@bbcisrubbish]

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

[@Will46666]

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

[@jasonbuksh2958]

WE NEED REFORM

[@soundssimple1]

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

[@jeffstevens4262]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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 😢

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@chrisbye8203]

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

[@brianmallalieu4940]

Then vote for reform

[@CM-rp1xg]

Vote Tory get Labour and a vote for Labour is a vote for disaster. I’m voting REFORM 🇬🇧 join the revolt!

[@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.

[@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.

[@Jessy-rp3hx]

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

[@Gojosusedcumsock]

Wow I finally found the person that likes fishi rishi 😂

[@DavidJones-pu4pi]

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

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

[@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.

[@mmyselfandi3048]

council tax should be more like the poll tax, the charge should be based on the number of occupnats. too many people who make a lifestyle choice to have children are given a free/easy ride.

[@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!

[@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.

[@Robert-qt7ej]

Remember when Maggie tried that old chestnut of a poll tax, in the 90s.The demonstrations soon put a stop to that. Maybe it's time to rise up again, as Labour may have labelled "there will be no tax increases" incorrectly. "Can't pay, won't pay"

[@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.

[@Seafarer1947]

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

[@jerrychicken967]

I think Rishi is paying 0.5% on his Tax. The average Joe is paying 90 times more. This is what's going wrong here.

[@snowyowel7961]

I would like it to be known before the siht hits the fan my family friends and I did not vote for labour.

[@CJBradley]

More Tax were they can get away with it, stealth Tax were they couldn't.

[@michaelstanley3961]

So where's the inspection of the Tory manifesto from Mr Neil....... just for balance of course.

[@MsPaulathomas]

Also for balance let's get Grace Blakeley to do both as well. She is an actual economist affter all.

[@SireMoon]

@@MsPaulathomas So is Mr. Neil.

[@SireMoon]

Why? Do you think they might win? Labour are going to win and we need some scrutiny of what they are saying. Tax will go up. It always does with Labour.

[@nimzgaz7049]

The question is why is the Labour Manifesto so confusing compare to other parties. It’s not clear how they’re helping working people if they are the party of working people

[@SireMoon]

@@nimzgaz7049 I guess we'll see but experience elsewhere, especially in parts of Europe, is that policies like net-zero do not help working people, in fact quite the reverse, hence the rise of populists pushing back against it. As to confusion well that's merely an extension of what's been happening over the past coupe of years where Labour has been trying to be all things to all men. More rights for workers and business growth for example don't sit comfortably together and there are many similar examples of policy objectives which seem at variance with each other. History tells us in such cases you either upset one half or your voters by pursuing one of the objectives and not the other, or compromise on all of the objectives and upset all of your voters. Labour are benefitting right now from not being the tories. That'll win you one election but it won't win you two. Their support will melt away very quickly if things turn out differently to what the electorate have been led to expect.

[@michaelspencer6318]

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

[@edwardwillis8461]

Its all coblers revees is allready blown it she said there is not enough money for me to do .my job excuses why they need to put up taxes lies llies and more lies 😊

[@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 🎉

[@cyruslad5462]

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

[@user-zu9qz7un1v]

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

[@user-et6be8nc1r]

British people should know this.

[@iansteel5569]

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

[@John-gr5tx]

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

[@user-yq3nu5hd6n]

He didnt answer the question Council tax increase The guy a clown UK will sink like the titanic With Labour Especially this clown leader

[@grantwallace1882]

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

[@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.

[@Pes60]

I don’t care who wins because nothing will change,it’s been like it for years.This guy is not exactly unbiased.😂

[@kriskeeling6243]

Starmer a right stinker and no mistake

[@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

[@sandrastewart2450]

Vote reform vote reform

[@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.

[@BRIZVIZ]

zero council tax never paid wont pay i did pay rates back when it was actually being spent on public services now they want more and give less back to public spending unless its a way to extort more money from the public

[@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

[@ruporter9834]

no tax should be paid on pensions/and pensions should be able to be dipped in/at least 5 times during ones lifetime/xthanks

[@angelakadeer1565]

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

[@user-no9ew9gu9z]

Labour, in name only.

[@JulieMalone-oy1ll]

Starmer wont grow anything the only thing he will do is make us all poorer

[@mick8586]

you cant trust this so called idiot and is muppets ,Starmer id useless

[@JustTakeAMoment]

If you don't give the tax back paid into pension pots that would amount to double taxation, which to my mind would be a criminal offence. Double billing is an offence, so double taxation could easily constitute an offence, regardless of who's doing it. Remember, you pay tax when you start collecting your pension. What a load of tosh.

[@stumac869]

Why would anybody contribute to a pension if they're taxed on contributions and still have a tax liability on withdrawals. You may as well take pay after tax and invest it.

[@chrisbutcher6670]

Vote Reform

[@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.

[@Mitjitsu]

The march towards a Leninist state continues

[@jonnobloggs1139]

I hope Keir nationalises your keyboard after such a lame whinge.

[@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.

[@sysasst670]

Sir Keir "what about other taxes you might raise"? .... "Did I tell you my father was a Tool Maker and....." 10 minutes later.... Sir Keir "How about Capital Gains tax?" .... " Well My dad worked in a factory, he was a toolmaker. My mum was a nurse, we didn't have a lot of money when I was growing up...." 10 minutes later "Sorry what was the question again"? 🤣🤣

[@veronicasavage1182]

😂😂😂

[@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.

[@sysasst670]

@@reasonerenlightened2456 So will I - I am voting Reform

[@Piccyman1]

His father certainly did make a giant tool

[@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 .....

[@ronthompson8204]

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

[@AndrogyneMichinaga]

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

[@jedjones9047]

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

[@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).

[@lescallus7865]

That’s the biggest joke of all what do we actually get for our council tax? You have to pay for your green bins now what a bloody joke good for you lots of voted labour

[@chrisfuller5280]

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

[@josephhodgetts136]

Does the Conservative Party think it’s better to let the Labour Party win then join Reform 😂

[@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.

[@anneyeo3985]

The hypocrisy of being a 'sir' and his wife being a 'lady' by someone who wants a republic, says it all, dnt trust someone who says one thing and does another.