Susanna Questions Jonathan Ashworth on Labour's Plans for Tax

Susanna asks Shadow Paymaster General Jonathan Ashworth to confirm Darren Jones' previous comments that there 'is no need to make changes to other taxes.' In particular, Susanna asks if there will be any changes to capital gains tax, and what the public can expect from a Labour government.
Broadcast on 01/07/24
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[@davidc3850]

I can't stand Susanna Reid but she's actually doing us all a favour by stopping slimy, smug Ashworth from spouting his usual verbal diarrhoea !

[@JJONNYREPP]

And obviously Reid wrote that about herself? Susanna Reid is fine by me......

[@johng1181]

did he lose his seat?!

[@davidc3850]

@@johng1181 Yes

[@niknoks7638]

Hey Jonathon, how did your election night go? 🤣👋

[@alanpettifer9188]

Ashworth is a slimmy little man, God help us if Labour get into government.

[@chriswatson3464]

He's not in government though, he lost his seat.

[@ukmaxi]

Not going to lie, getting tired of the same question on tax being repeated over and over again. Can we start to be more imaginative and think of new questions?

[@bboggy7154]

It is such a key detail in all of this, yes will still vote Labour but being upfront is the way to go

[@LIVERNIL723]

I came across something slightly different from Reform about reborn of the high street and doing something positive about business rates , VAT and Corporation Tax.

[@calebjones9116]

@@LIVERNIL723 Reform can literally put anything in their manifesto because they know they don't have to actually do any of it.

[@brimkathstampex2306]

@@bboggy7154 Which politicians are 'up front and honest'? I can't think of any. If they were up front and honest, why on earth would they be politicians?

[@mysterymaverick1982]

Yeah like will you be bringing us into w@r with Russia would be a more pressing concern.

[@mjl2904]

Susanna needs to actually listen to what people are saying rather than trying to catch people out. It is a bit pathetic

[@gauravkr4857]

What is pathetic is that male Host is husband of former labour party home secretary.

[@wolf99000]

@@gauravkr4857 and there's talk tv and GB news with sitting Tory mps on it hosting show before and still during this election

[@Ridersonthestorm8899]

The Frank Spencer of politics

[@philnotley5138]

You can almost hear the programs music playing 😂😂

[@Ridersonthestorm8899]

@@philnotley5138 lol Oh Betty 😀

[@luciansanchez8100]

A synopsis of the above video: The broadcasters will make you think this is an 'aha' moment... it is indeed not! Enjoy the rest of your day :)

[@binagarten4667]

Good riddance to Ashworth! he lived by the block vote and then died by the block vote once they had thier man from Gazza in Leicester!

[@Catseyes07]

So glad he sang at the end, he definitely wanted to lol

[@deadeyes4626]

Lies lies and more lies

[@grezjoseph6257]

So long Jonathan. 🤣

[@danielrawlings8355]

7M NHS waiting list Won't be long before NHS waiting list is in double digit millions.

[@LIVERNIL723]

NHS to me has been doomed for a while. It's only a matter of time for Privatisation. The private dentists are making a killing on the public.

[@Neil-qf6df]

The immigrants are breaking it.

[@calebjones9116]

Would be a good while till that happens, there's only 8 digits in the country

[@danielrawlings8355]

@@calebjones9116 Why no mention of NHS in political campaigns? The UK has an elected health minister, therefore ever increasing waiting lists are a serious public concern. Isn't people's healthcare important to them?

[@calebjones9116]

@@danielrawlings8355 no mention of the NHS? It's effectively all I've been hearing ahah. Besides the point though, double million digits is a number so large you could fill every bit of land and sea with people and still not reach

[@DavidM-gx8fs]

What a pratt

[@clearskies]

Zionist Ashworth is gone haha

[@Semiartificial]

You need to watch his 2014 speech, strongly supporting a Palestinian state and condemning the actions being then taken by Israel in support of their “illegal occupation”

[@johnwealthy6044]

I can read his face when he hears 'Capital Gains Tax'

[@DavidM-gx8fs]

Labour liars

[@MikeSmith-gf4lv]

His body language tells us he is lying, get them to take a lie detector.

[@boulevard14]

Lying about what exactly? 🤣 You guys are funny

[@craigpearson2189]

@@boulevard14 - stop being silly mate. You can see the lie like the rest of us. The growth under Labour will not come because they wont give business the tax breaks they need to grow and create jobs. When the growth fails to materialise - then the tax rises will come. Massive tax implications for many ordinary families.

[@ecnalms851]

​@@craigpearson2189 Dude the UK had a 19% corporation tax rate and the level of investment in the economy did not change at all - UK productivity has flatlined since 2008. You can't just say "tax cuts = growth" when it's not that simple, you're being too ideological. USA had a federal corporation tax rate of 35% for a while and they had much higher levels of growth and investment than the UK. Even with Trump's 2017 tax cut that cost trillions - it still hasn't paid for itself! The main that needs to happen for the UK is to improve business confidence and having an industrial strategy, an actual plan of growth which Labour is proposing.

[@paulec2634]

Jonathan Ashworth looks like a lamb to the slaughter on this programme, as if big boots Keir Starmer physically pushed him into a studio & told him to get on with it. He seems terrified of media appearances and this is a cabinet minister in waiting? Can't answer anything about his job and only seems human when discussing karaoke on a night out. He looks like the type who would tell you the time of day was a confidential matter if you asked him for it.

[@johnwealthy6044]

Englebert?? I would normally say don't give up your day job, but you are a better singer than a politician.

[@May3ee_UK]

What happened to this chap?

[@chriswatson3464]

He lost his seat to an independent.

[@gosskamperis2016]

COULD CUT COSTS by firing DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVITY OFFICERS in NHS

[@willharris2278]

This is now your chance to put Britain first. Our country needs you to do your duty and vote for REFORM.

[@brianwilcock3980]

We have had brilliant nhs treatment instantly I thank the nhs

[@VoiceSriLanka]

Ashworth lost to an independent candidate 😂😂😂

[@denniss4609]

Just hope Labour does not have to handle another pandemic/lock down or another burden on the people due to war. This has been stressed enough in conversations and canvassing - the Tories looked after those in work during lockdown with a furlough scheme that had to be paid for - hence the tax rises notwithstanding the rise of oil and gas prices due to war. I dread to think how Labour would have managed these catastrophes.

[@JJONNYREPP]

People are skint? 42 years of skint, here, dude....

[@mysterymaverick1982]

Don't worry about any of that The New Tory Labour party are continuing the Blair witch project none of this will matter. Liebours looked at the books and they are in a terrible state there's no money for anything but there is money for Ukraine. 😂

[@mysterymaverick1982]

​@@JJONNYREPP Looks like that's going to get worse under Labour.

[@JJONNYREPP]

@@mysterymaverick1982 Susanna Questions Jonathan Ashworth on Labour's Plans for Tax 1415PM 12.7.24 labour's tenure no matter how tedious or tiresome will be seen as a glorious tenure due to the fact england won the european cup...... erm...... ...................................................................... ( EDITOR: putting his money where his mouth is he quickly rushes to the tv editing suite to splice a cup winning performance for the viewers)

[@tk91666]

Ed is soo right on this. I wouldn’t lose an ounce of respect for Jonathan if he just said, our plan is not to increase tax but we obviously can’t guarantee we won’t if something unexpected comes up out of our control.

[@Stephanie-wf6xr]

Can't stand Suzanna.. 😂😂

[@danielrawlings8355]

Each time you create a credit, you simultaneously create a debt, cancelling each other out. In absolute terms, money doesn't exist.

[@Displays.1234.]

God help us with five years of labour, vote reform...

[@gumusluk05]

Ashworth will fall apart like a cheap suit in power

[@wolf99000]

For lord sake Susanna let the man get a few words in and stop interrupting

[@lawrenceabbott5292]

This man needs to go. Nigel had 100 times the brain power of this man. Vote REFORM for Nigel as PM in 2029.

[@MarkRE333]

Just look at the difference in questions and time to answer for Labour and Reform, for Reform no questions on policies, just sample and mirrors with -isms.

[@SimonLloydGuitar]

Ironic that he lost his seat to sectarian religious voting.

[@sushi0408]

Don't talk about tory. You talk about your plan.

[@junaidarshad6265]

Good afternoons

[@peacelilly75]

All the same

[@danielrawlings8355]

All profit from all US airlines doesn't total half the money spent on Ukraine.

[@Glasgow_kiss]

what did the last labour government have though? i'll tell you, a charismatic leader, a booming economy and EU membership with advantageous opt outs. this shower of pale tories have none of that and never will.

[@GaryColeman-xp1zy]

This man is clueless, he's like a recording

[@jonwagstaff6613]

5 more years of tories…. Ohhh 5 years of labour misery… can not wait for Thursday. Back to some kind of normality. Hoping for a boring labour, get on with the job.

[@mikefarrell526]

So we will have Gordon Browns liar loan to grow

[@craigpearson2189]

Jonny Ashworth getting out there with the well rehearsed strap lines and promising the public what they want to hear. There will be tax rises for a lot of people. Labour essentially will take money from anyone who has got their act together and made a little bit of wealth (a house, a bit of pension, savings, investments etc) and gift it away to many others. The justification will be that we need better wealth distribution. Absolute nightmare potentially coming up with a Labour govt.

[@user-qj5dd1pc2b]

Imagine Kier, Ashworth, Wes and Angela representing us. Disaster

[@gftjghdt3582]

Ashworth is a snake its not what labour are saying it's what they are not saying that should concern people most people know they will have raise money from somewhere they are just not being honest

[@boulevard14]

I don't think you know what a snake means

[@UKProud]

REFORM UK!!!

[@boulevard14]

No

[@kdeeuk]

do one reform bot with a fake acount

[@boulevard14]

@@kdeeuk it's not a bot account. But they I have no doubt their personality is robotic and one-dimensional

[@splottcardiff3993]

Labour government - scary thought 😮

[@wolf99000]

Not really the econemy boomed under the last one the scary stuff is what we have now it might as well be the 1800s as nothing works anymore in the uk

[@danielrawlings8355]

Where are the NHS dentists the British electorate were promised by Labour in the 1990s?

[@darv65]

Got rid of by the Tories, Check you history

[@Catseyes07]

Quickly too please before I end up looking like Shane MC Gowan

[@wolf99000]

fired by tories during the cuts over the last 15 years sorry but its very desperate trying to blame the last Labour government for where we are now 15 years later

[@danielrawlings8355]

@@darv65 It ludicrous to think Britain can be covered, from Lands End to John O Groats, with NHS dentistry. No it wasn't conservatives who ended it, as they weren't in office.

[@jackthedude123]

Both the other comments are bots

[@goodmusicneverdies1998]

Everyone on voting day = 😴 I'll sleep in, the result is already determined! 😴

[@gregdance7437]

Vote reform

[@paulcalder9697]

Fancy bringing up Gordon Brown, who destroyed our finances as your reference god help us

[@johngalvin3124]

That's more like it, a politician with a spark of humour as well as a plan ! Happy days are here again, Labour's time is near again....All together now!!!

[@kenhardy8405]

1 year of Labour and we will regret it for years to come. Ashworthless is a very good reason NOT TO VOTE FOR LABOUR.

[@Allbar1888]

Ashworth sounds like something wipe

[@Dob.nbr1]

Vote reform