Tax hikes: Labour ‘will raise’ the ‘less obvious’ taxes to fill £20bn black hole | Michael Jacobs

"Inheritance tax. That will affect a very small number of very rich people."
In Rachel Reeves’s upcoming tax announcement, she will not raise the taxes she has promised not to raise, but “will raise some other taxes, ones they didn’t promise”, reports Michael Jacobs.
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[@brendadias8762]

Disgraceful state the country has reached because of greedy politicians and their lifestyle...

[@geoffreymollart7311]

Funny how a week after meeting the EU leaders Starmer says we need 20 Billion more.

[@hawky2k215]

I'd agreed and free expensed should be removed off the fcking table!!!

[@cellshaded]

@@geoffreymollart7311 I guess this has nothing to do with the billions of aid we gave to Ukraine which shouldn't be any of our business.

[@daisychain9713]

​@@cellshadedthe country has always given foreign aid apart from when it was frozen due to funding and Labour called for it to be reinstated

[@d-padqueen1103]

Hence the taxes. You don't need to worry unless you've not been paying your fair share of tax over the last decade plus that the tories have ignored.

[@UKnotSafeUnderStarmer]

How about starting with billionaires and millionaires sitting under our noses in Westminster, the poorest and the just getting by always gets hammered.

[@fifnaf7290]

I know right, if not for all the taxes we pay, they wouldn't have enough to steal to call themselves billionaires or millionaires

[@basiaszendrei1603]

Isn’t what the nee inheritance tax that prevents hiding it in offshore assets supposed to tackle that? Isn’t capital gains supposed to tackle that as well? I’m weary of the times radio at the moment since I found out it’s actually owned by Murdoch.

[@kimmie411]

Exactly! Stop hammering the middle classes too! People who work hard for their money with little wealth, pay a higher rate of tax than the richest in society

[@EvropaAeternvm]

@@kimmie411they actually don’t, the rich pay a higher rate of their money in tax, the difference is they make more than enough to live on. Raising taxes in these groups also seems to forget democracy evolved, and how idea like dependence on the rich for tax revenue makes the state more receptive to them for money.

[@captainnice1881]

The rich already pays the most, the rich's tax should be cut. Shame on those who voted Labour, when the wealthiest flock to Dublin and Dubai, lower and middle income earners will be hit the most.

[@chrisblyth6716]

Same old story with Labour. They say they won't do it but go and do it. Those of us who have a good memory will remember that it was Tony Blair's election manifesto promise which proved false. I used to be a Labour supporter but when My tax bill increased I knew what liars they are. The conservatives reduced my tax bill twice as a self employed care assistant which was extremely useful, it was then I realised how Labour were useless with finances. Every time they've been in power it's always been increased in taxes and leave the country in debt, it happened under Harold Wilson's government and subsequent Labour governance and the Conservatives had to somehow rebuild the bank balance. Under Gordon Brown the coffers were empty after they sold off the family silver and gold and again the Tories had to try and redress the country's balance back into the black which takes time. We all have to cut back you can't spend money you don't have. Unfortunately after a pandemic which cost billions any reserve built up was soon used up and the economy faltered and was just beginning to recover but then the illegal immigration issue and lack of action and the cost of living which is happening right across Europe back footed the Tories. I lost faith in the Conservatives and voted Reform and I'm not right wing before the left wing narrative of the media judges me. 9:20

[@malcolmstockbridge2569]

Strange that in the same comment you say we cant spend money we dont have as a country but then complain about tax rises....where do you think the money comes from ?

[@system11yt]

Imagine being a government and thinking the UK population can afford higher taxation. Meanwhile we can give 11 billion in overseas climate aid. Public sector wanting 5.5% which is more than double what many in private sector are getting in reality. People are getting very angry, they should be.

[@MrCaterhamr500]

Public sector has historically been trailing behind the private sector due to the CONservatives, it’s just about nearly level after the proposed raise.

[@samhodgins9804]

Well they all went to the ball😢box bleating Labour can't get worse

[@teessideman.8253]

& 10 million a day + for ILLEGAL MIGRANTS accomadation/ heating/etc etc.

[@teessideman.8253]

​@MrCaterhamr500 go get a job in the private sector then. Your pension liabilitys are enough to bankrupt a allready bankrupt country.

[@MrCaterhamr500]

@@teessideman.8253 what a ridiculous comment.

[@praise_kek340]

doesn't Britain give away a lot of money to third world countries? just cut all of that aid.

[@jamesgreen1116]

Yip 3rd world countries like Ukraine.

[@Sheztastictonic]

Of course, it's just that simple. Not like we get exports from these countries.

[@PeterWalker-on5kj]

​@@jamesgreen1116Absolutely!

[@praise_kek340]

@@jamesgreen1116 difference is I don't see Ukrainians flooding the UK

[@EvropaAeternvm]

@@SheztastictonicIt’s foreign aid, it doesn’t pay for the trade.

[@shootsteel]

The NHS doesn't need more money, it needs radical reform. We could spend our entire GDP on the NHS and still get no better service.

[@user-rh4pf2jx6t]

😂😂😂😂

[@ravensthorne4631]

Absolutely. Like all public sector behemoths, the NHS is bloated by inefficiency and waste. The MOD is the same.

[@VicodinElmo]

Reform isn’t free either

[@user-iz1hd9si3m]

The NHS doesn't 'do' health, it is restricted to identify a set of symptoms leading to a predetermined 'evidence based protocol' which are anything but based in evidence and lead inexorably to expensive drugs or mechanical interventions. Apart from some surgery, the human body is perfectly capable of healing itself, if it weren't, man would have become extinct. What we need is far more fresh vegetables and some fruit and way less processed junk which is what you get in hospitals, there's a place to start, bring catering in house.

[@user-ho4rv6kg8u]

"Virtually everything that the government does costs more than when the same thing is done in private industry - whether it is building housing, running prisons, collecting garbage, or innumerable other things. Why in the world would we imagine that health care would be the exception?" "“It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.” "People who believe in 'universal health care' show remarkably little interest - usually none - in finding out what that phrase turns out to mean in practice, in those countries where it already exists, such as Britain, Sweden or Canada. For one thing, 'universal health care' in these countries means months of waiting for surgery that Americans get in a matter of weeks or even days." "The government does not have some magic wand that can 'bring down the cost of health care.' It can buy a smaller quantity or lower quality of medical care, as other countries with government-run medical care do." Thomas Sowell

[@donnag5820]

£20 billion?…is that how much all those new migrant houses are going to cost to build.

[@trevorwills3356]

Mining towns and areas such as Blackpool have hundreds of boarded up houses which could be purchased by the government and renovated. I'm perplexed to know why this isn't happening in a Britain today.

[@donnag5820]

@@trevorwills3356those houses would be too small to accommodate six wives, 30 kids and a goat.

[@move2003ny]

naw, it’s how much we have to pay for our white old people’s healthcare and pensions. Read the freaking budget.

[@move2003ny]

@@trevorwills3356 because nobody wants to live there. Do you? Are there any jobs there?

[@bobbailey7024]

£20 Billion will only just covers the cost of illegal migrants and if nothing is done about them, this figure will increase exponentially. Don't worry though. Pensioners will be hit first to pay for them. Apparently pensions, which people pay into for up to 50 years, are a benefit not a right.

[@DazzyVR]

The NHS needs to learn how to manage money properly before we give them more money

[@dpelpal]

I am a British born Leeds. We stop support Ukraine?! Instant wealthness to us BRITISH. And Zelensky, so I hear he use the DRUG?! Peace with Russia wealth 4 British I say! WHO AGREE?!

[@Sharpcarbon6]

@@dpelpal We will always support our Ukrainian brothers! 👍

[@WORLD-WF]

​@dpelpal "I am British born Leeds", ah yes, very convincing. You either have a mental impairment, or you weren't born in Leeds haha. The Russian government is made up of monsters, highly doubt the UK will ever ally with them while Putin is in power

[@Cat10980]

Actually the NHS needs to be privatised and removed from public spending.

[@idiotology5568]

@@Sharpcarbon6 Pity half of them are over here being cowards, no brother of mine would abandon his country in times of war.

[@keithwilkins1437]

TOO MANY PEOPLE BENEFITING AND NOT CONTRIBUTING .

[@BrandonSullivan309]

You mean like single mums? They account for the majority of unemployed and lifetime of benefits reliance but we are told it is people who drink all day at weatherspoons when there are 1000/1 broken families we pay for in ratio to alcoholics.

[@keithwilkins1437]

@@BrandonSullivan309 What tripe ! I did not mean single mums ,though they should be partially supported by the fathers.I meant people arriving into this country and on benefits almost immediately

[@BrandonSullivan309]

@keithwilkins1437 🤣 what's tripe? Broken families are the biggest societal failure, these common dynamics are foggeten in the welfare discussion yet are the biggest factor

[@stuartswain8785]

Scap overseas aid. We cant look after our own.

[@brantnuttall]

Labour raising taxes. No. I didn't see that one coming. No Sir, not at all. It's not like they've ever done anything remotely close to that before.

[@Sharpcarbon6]

😂😂😂😂😂👍

[@kingatheist7231]

I know. Imagine having to pay taxes in the western world. Disgusting! X'D

[@kenlewis9557]

Taxes were lower under brown and Blair than they were under Johnson, truss and sunak

[@move2003ny]

how do you plan to pay for the nhs and the pensions when you have an ageing demographics, Einstein?

[@daisychain9713]

@@kenlewis9557 erm that was 14 years ago 🤣 you seem to forget that the Tories paid out billions to people during Covid 🤣 something the labour party approved

[@LyraDavis]

The biggest cut they need to make is all the money they’re sending out of the country…

[@mikeshaw9058]

Anybody who didn't realise that Labour in government would raise cost of living and taxes should question their eligibility to vote!

[@jonnyrondo507]

Anybody who didn't realise that the Tories IN GOVERNMENT raised the cost of living and their taxes should question THEIR eligibility to vote! Fixed that for you Mikey.

[@catherinemartin6258]

@@jonnyrondo507 that’s better 👍🏻

[@jonnyrondo507]

@@catherinemartin6258 😁

[@jonnyrondo507]

@John-gy1bd Funny! Those idiots dont have any policies apart from 'IMMIGRASHUUUUNN!" And dont like brexit and I dont want the NHS PRIVATISED So that's a hard NO! PASS 😂

[@GaryBurdenuik-g8y]

It's not just.taxes on what you earn, it's also on everything you buy

[@daffyddduck2419]

Fresh air tax and a window tax soon and you have to take in a migrant if you have a spare room ,what a repulsive party , I thought the Tories were bad enough but Labour have taken it to a new level

[@steveelliott9746]

In 2023 we received £10 billion in Tax Revenue from North Sea oil so surely we should be maximizing oil exploration in the North Sea rather than shutting it down.

[@adamski6312]

They’d rather shut it down, import from overseas, and give ourselves a pat on the back for how “green” we are….

[@jonnyrondo507]

are you high?

[@JckSwan]

Woooah there, crazy man, we'll have none of these maverick ideas from you!

[@steveelliott9746]

@@JckSwan You're probably right. I should start taking the medication again. On the other hand, Norway is doing exactly that and per capita they are the 3rd or 4th richest country in the world.

[@poppygreenhalgh6699]

@steveelliott9746 ed Miliband is going to cause lots of problems. Why is he giving 11.6bn climate aid too

[@rbir2653]

Cut funding for the bbc. Every household will get 169 quid.

[@chris20041958]

Just stop paying now easy

[@Sharpcarbon6]

Noticed the mainstream media staying quiet about the stabbing of our serviceman and the Patriotic march that took place in London yesterday… 🤔🤔🤔

[@WORLD-WF]

There's this crazy thing you can do called 'Not Paying'. I don't know a single person under 40 that still pays for a TV license 😂

[@jonnyrondo507]

not very good at maths are you?

[@sharonwashington8150]

DEFUND IT! DO NOT PAY IT! simple really.

[@paulfernando1887]

This money will go to support more illegal immigrants.

[@davidgardiner4720]

Do you mean asylum seekers? No-one is illegal until processed and deemed so.

[@mycatspethooman5590]

How about scrapping the £28b green policy

[@johnathanross8951]

The cost of keeping migrants must be growing at an alarming rate.

[@Brian-mb9ez]

Best they roll back on the 5.5% public sector pay rise which clearly cannot be afforded

[@malcolmstockbridge2569]

It can be very easily afforded, there is plenty of money in the UK its just in the wrong places.

[@mark196233]

I wish I lived in your simplistic world. You might have heard that teachers, nurses and other public sector workers are leaving their jobs because they can earn more working for private companies.

[@MrGavinBoyd]

Rishi Sunak paid an effective tax rate of 23% on £2.2m income last year. Low capital gains rate and US location of funds mean tax bill of £508,000 much less than under top income rate of 45%. The system is designed to tax workers not the wealthy who get most of their income from living off their assets.

[@ML-xh1go]

Too many loopholes for the rich, I read that a famous footballer,put all his salary in a company he owned,then takes out a loan he never has to pay back, so did not pay the correct taxes, wasn’t that found out that it was common practice and used by some bbc presenters,

[@anthonybrown4874]

That's a topic covered in a video by the New Statesman from Rishis released tax return seems a very wrong situation, the rest of us poor schleps also caught up NI on top so plenty of scope to adjust taxes that favour the very wealthy.

[@Evvkor]

23% is too much

[@danielwebb8402]

On already taxed in us corporation tax rate returns.

[@john50beach18]

In terms of sheer totals, he's paid more in tax in one year than you've paid in 30 years. So you can hate him as much as you want for being rich, but thinking people that have more than you should automatically pay more than you is just self serving. What have you personally done to deserve more money?

[@aidenfreedom]

Adviser to GORDON BROWN, that tells me ALL I need to Know!!! 😡Brown by name, brown by nature🤣😂😂🤣

[@JckSwan]

Why are we paying so much money in foreign aid and then just allowing the Third World to migrate here. IF you're going to allocate such resources, shouldn't it be an either or arrangement?

[@JZTechEngineering]

Foreign aid is cheaper than foreign war and immigrants bring in more money than they take

[@MrsRhianne1996]

Could get 20billion back from the Oil and Gas companies. They have made a fortune putting their prices up.

[@fifnaf7290]

Hm, wonder why they needed to raise their prices...

[@idiotology5568]

@@fifnaf7290 Greed

[@mycatspethooman5590]

​@@fifnaf7290given the record breaking profits they've posted I'd say the increase wasn't anything to do with the cost of purchase

[@adamski6312]

They pay 75% already

[@fifnaf7290]

@@idiotology5568 then where are the competitors that will undercut them to take their sales away?

[@user-oo8fz9yt5p]

Anyone remember fully costed and funded,oh no we’re Labour lying,what are the chances,but plenty of money for illegals and the Ukraine,well done Labour voters.

[@garyb455]

This is the reward for voting Labour millions more immigrants and much higher taxes to pay for their benefits, no difference than the Tories.

[@nowgrownup]

There is a difference Starmer government is far worse wait and see 😂😂😂

[@clifftaylor7280]

LABOUR WILL Be OUT BY 2029

[@jonesyjones7626]

And yet the number of public sector jobs increases year on year. Unless you tackle the question of value for money and what should a government actually do, this problem will not be resolved.

[@nUmBskulLL]

People need jobs too.

[@dpelpal]

I am a British, born Leeds. So. If we give less to Ucrainia then we will have a chicken in all hims oven? Do not you agreementt, of said argument? We have peace with russia then we will be of wealth state

[@nUmBskulLL]

@@dpelpal you're about as British as a strogonov mate

[@deanalford8417]

Stop the foreign Aid and use it on national Aid, just an idea,

[@user-jo9iq4wf1c]

Go work and not part time, get rid of you benefits

[@rossspenser8314]

Are MP are useless

[@daffyddduck2419]

I changed the Labour Party to put it back in the service of the British people. Now I’m ready to change the country and fight for you. That’s Starmer recently , what a liar he is , a complete and utter liar

[@OriginalMuzikProductions]

Guys a disgrace didn’t even come out and condemn the attack on a soldier. Disgusting

[@dpelpal]

@@OriginalMuzikProductions I am a British person, like u. So. Maybe we gave less monies to ZELESNKY and made russia a FRIEND, then we have a long peace. Or maybe they will invade our island. Scariest.

[@nowgrownup]

They are talking about tax 😂

[@malcolmstockbridge2569]

He didnt even mention 9/11, the holocaust or the sinking of the Titanic....truly disgusting.

[@john50beach18]

People hate on the rich for living off assets... but then literally every young person with any financial sense is working hard to get to the position where they live off assets. Are we just supposed to hate the people we want to be, until we finally become them and become the hated?

[@jra55417]

Wow. A sensible comment for a change

[@DavidJames-p9f]

It was reported for months that the Civil Service has been briefing Labour for months about the state of the finances and much else. This 'black hole' was known by Labour throughout the election campaign. Furthermore the contributor is fibbing when he says that every economist will tell you raising Capital Gains Tax is a good idea.

[@dpelpal]

maybe it was Ukrainia that cause all this. We, british, should to stopping supports them. Then moneys will flow into our country like water from sea

[@Biggest-e9v]

I voted for Reform party and I so wish they had got in . Now the Labour government are going to take my winter fuel allowance from and as I do not claim benefits and work a small part time job to help pay my bills this is an insult to me and thousands of other pensioners who have worked and paid their way all their life’s . So now the labour government give our tax payers money to migrants and look after them yet the British working tax payer continues to be persecuted by the government…A bloody disgrace ….we need a government that cares not one that treats its own country folks like s-t …

[@SunnyDarkoShow]

REFORM!

[@composedlight6850]

Starmer set up for himself and himself alone a Tax Loophole where he pays no Tax on his pension payments. Hypocrisy does not cover his actions.

[@jra55417]

No. There is a special scheme for DPPs where the lifetime allowance doesn’t apply during their term as DPP but given the LTA has been scrapped it’s irrelevant now anyway

[@The_DrAstrov]

Tories are the ones to blame. Time to tax the rich. #MESA #Make_England_Socialist_Again

[@malcolmstockbridge2569]

Who in their right mind spends their entire life trying to become Prime Minister just to save a bit of tax for themself...theres probably much easier ways !

[@deanawilliams7441]

Well said! Watch him blame Sunak for everything, he wasn't much good either.

[@GreeneJack]

Amazing video, you work for 40yrs to have $1M in your retirement, meanwhile some people are putting just $10K into trading from just few months ago and now they are multimillionaires..

[@leoWilsons-b3v]

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[@SuccessMaa]

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[@CliffErik]

Hello how do you make such monthly?? I'm a born Christian and sometimes I feel so down of myself because of low finance but I still believe in God

[@Shanefrancis-vk8ks]

I'm favoured, $90K every week! I can now give back to the locals in my community and also support God's work and the church. God bless America,, all thanks to Ms Ann Marie strunk😊

[@paulbingley7879]

Why are we paying when they The MP just got a pay rise yet again for not doing their jobs right? Get subsidised on everything it should come out of their pocket peoples

[@martzp5535]

But ukraine get 3 billion per year. God knows how many other countries get "aid"

[@nowgrownup]

600 million to Africa aid a year starmer just promised them another 94 million reported in the media

[@maureenhollison6261]

£25 million pledged by him to Africa and Middle East.(quote)

[@SafWho]

Thats all these goverments do...raise taxes more and more eaxh year and blame previous govermennts for the hikes..been doin it since 80s

[@sneakydragon2352]

to be fair, labour hasnt been in power for 12 years, so they got a point

[@crochetomania]

@@sneakydragon235214, not 12

[@d-padqueen1103]

@@BIG-EDS That's not how the voting system works. We don't have proportional representation, the voting system will always favour tories or labour. You might even say the flaw is voting itself... I don't think that Labour could be worse than the scandals of the last tory reign, it's going to take decades to recover from the damage they have done.

[@Sharpcarbon6]

@@sneakydragon2352 This will be my fifth Labour PM.Give it two years and everyone will be begging for Reform.. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@Sharpcarbon6]

@awardwinningcritique6895 Maybe we should be taxing all the illegal immigrations… Oh silly me! We don’t know where they all are!!

[@physiocrat7143]

The tax system is not fit for purpose. The economy is at least 25% smaller that it would otherwise be because of the harm done by the tax system. This in an important cause of the government's massive welfare bill. The system is in a death spiral.

[@raymondwalsh7957]

Labour--the party of the people---maybe not hey

[@adrianscarlett]

I wondered how long it would take labour to backtrack on their tax promises.

[@brendanmorrissey2104]

Let's face it, anyone who thought that Labour wasn't going to raise taxes needs to wake up.

[@The_DrAstrov]

@@brendanmorrissey2104 Oh how sweet. Little troll farm account just popped it's cherry 🍒 and posted it's first ever comment

[@paulrounding5260]

If MPs did their jobs properly this country wouldn’t be in a mess.

[@Supposedlyimrightwingnow]

Council tax rises and personal allowance reduced will be the way Labour will go just you watch. So glad i didn't vote for Labour.

[@The_DrAstrov]

@@Supposedlyimrightwingnow That's fine you didn't vote for them. They still won by a landslide. Enjoy living under Labour party rule for at least the next 15 years

[@pip1723]

Like the taxes never went up under the tories lol.

[@shizz7le489]

You will still get shafted even though you didn't vote Labour lol

[@Chris47368]

​@@pip1723The tories infact gave us the highest tax burden since WW2 - and what did we get out of it all? Crumbling infrastructure...lol.

[@TrafficConeGD]

they said they wouldn't raise taxes on working people, much more likely they raise capital gains or inheritance tax (which less than 5% of people actually have to pay) maybe even a new wealth tax but that's unlikely.

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

Old people such as myself are the biggest drain on the NHS, as most people require expensive healthcare in their old age. I see Rachel Reeves is solving that one by cutting winter fuel payments. Well done, that will shorten the NHS waiting lists. Outside the box thinking is what we need, and Labour are indeed out of their box.

[@barrybirchmore3540]

Three weeks in power, and the Labour financial lie is unraveling.

[@oorya1780]

Cobblers point about only the very wealthy pay inheritance tax. My dad who basically worked for the Government well into his 70s as an employee of various local councils and died at the age of 97 lived in a terrace house in a rundown area in a small town near Doncaster. We had no idea how much he had saved up and due to him passing some of his savings to his children his estate ended up paying £40,000 in inheritance tax.

[@malcolmstonebridge7933]

@@6079_SMITH_W That's not the point - it's not the state's money and 40% is simply theft (which they will undoubtedly mainly waste). Just because someone lives a modest lifestyle and banks money for a rainy day is not a field day for thieving chancellors to take dead people's money.

[@iLAGnDC]

Inheritance tax is only paid by 4% of estates? House prices are so high it should already reach inheritance tax threshold? That does not including savings either...

[@barriewilliams4526]

Labour voters will not mind paying more tax.

[@ExpendableRedshirt]

Sure, that's why they love the Tories so much who taxed the middle and working classes more than ever before.

[@sneakydragon2352]

I'm settled EU migrant, but lets not forget, it wasnt Labour that created that £20B black hole

[@alangore9658]

I don't mind and I am a labour voter

[@stumac869]

​@@sneakydragon2352New Labour bankrupted the country in 2008 and left the following government with a £350 billion black hole, so they can hardly complain about £20 billion overspend can they.

[@rojavida]

Can we make it so only Labour voters pay then?

[@alastairharris1866]

people talk nonsense about tax. They make an assumption that for example you can raise stampt duty rates and that just creates extra income. In the real world it doesn't work like that, as Starmer is about to find out with VAT on private school fees. And as Gordon Brown demonstrated when he added an extra top rate to income tax, which actually reduced the overall income tax take. And as we will see with the non-dom rule changes that has caused many mobile wealthy people to leave these shores.

[@malcolmstockbridge2569]

Those people leaving our shores wont matter....they dont pay tax or benefit us in any way.

[@d-padqueen1103]

That's BS - to start off if someone wants a commodity or service, they'll pay it no matter the price. You've clearly been living under a rock, because private schools have had their sticky fingers in the public purse while taking money from private donors too. Some have been funded up to four times more than public schools by the tory government...

[@delokij5857]

Stop throwing millions into that bottomless pit, called Zelenskiyy's back pocket.

[@dc7279]

1997 financial position was best ever and gordon brown took us to the depths of armageddon

[@terrancedactielle5460]

A global crash did that. Not a one eyed Scottish man.

[@GaryBurdenuik-g8y]

Starmer keeps saying his father was a TOOL MAKER, LOOK WHAT HE TURNED OUT.

[@poppygreenhalgh6699]

Stop with this net zero plan, we can't afford it and giving our money to other countries. They shouldn't have said no tax rises, who would have voted for this

[@colinbrydon7659]

Or slow down and do it more gradually. Ultimately we will run out of natural resources so we must go with alternatives through greener energy production.

[@samhodgins9804]

Don't vote Labour you were warned

[@colinbrydon7659]

@@samhodgins9804 True but my vote didn’t change anything. But none can be trusting they are all a shower of slippy shouldered liars.

[@poppygreenhalgh6699]

@@samhodgins9804 don't assume I did as I didn't

[@d-padqueen1103]

You have two choices... Go broke now and adapt, or go broke later and have no chance to adapt...

[@michaelrandall2070]

£20 billion would just about cover housing for the recent illegal amnesty. But what about the illegals in hotels and Infrastructure: # Schools, Hospitals, Tide and Solar power, Reservoirs, Water and Sewage works, Motorways and widening, larger Mway Bridges, A Roads, etc etc. Has all this been costed ?

[@andypandy9931]

Who voted for them, not me.

[@The_DrAstrov]

I did and so did MILLIONS other people that why Labour got 450 seats. Winner Winner Chicken Dinner.

[@lewisthombs]

@@The_DrAstrov you voted for the NHS to be destroyed further

[@malcolmstockbridge2569]

The answer to your question was right there a few weeks ago, its called an election....and the winner is....not you.

[@d-padqueen1103]

Go back to your circus!

[@ThunderboltWisdom]

If there is a £20 billion black hole in the finances it is obviously the fault of the tories, and they shouldn't be complaining about labour now for trying to fix it.

[@adenwellsmith6908]

The Prime Minister has his own special tax bill, passed by parliament, just so he can dodge taxes. The Pensions Increase (Pension Scheme for Keir Starmer QC) Regulations 2013 ========== Remember that when your taxes go up

[@user-yb9ww6lv7j]

This has been common knowledge but people still voted for him.

[@dpelpal]

So, I am British borned and live Leeds. Maybe this is Ukrainian doings? If we stop to support, we could have much more moneys for all. Yes. And Zelensky, I hear in my ear that he uses DRUG. Peace with Russia then we all will have money, less tax.

[@malcolmstockbridge2569]

A bit like the current police videos you have been quite selective in your information !

[@adenwellsmith6908]

@@malcolmstockbridge2569 Where's the selection? You're left winger number 8 who thinks a special tax evasion bill for Kier is good. Not one has said tax evasion is bad. Telling. Anyway, I've a petition ready for when MPs start doing some work, Revoke it ab initio

[@poppygreenhalgh6699]

Ed Miliband says Labour will honour pledge of £11.6bn in overseas climate aid 🤬

[@alridd7038]

No idea how they get away with it.and how they could once again come into power?

[@dpelpal]

I'm a British womans, live Leeds here in British Isles. So. If we give less moneys to Ukraine then we will have more. And Zelensky, he uses DRUG. So the less moneys we send Ukriane more for US. I say peace with RUSSIA then we can have peace more money

[@deanawilliams7441]

He's been calling the Conservatives for putting up taxes for how long, and has been promising before the election to lower taxes, i can't understand why people believe what he was saying, he's an idiot, like most politicians. People only voted him in through desperation, because of the mess the country was in, but i could see right through him every time i watched the house of commons,.

[@sharonwashington8150]

NO point in complaining THAT IS WHAT THICK people chose to have in power!! She knew the SCORE did REEVES before they even got into power!! so who IS FOOLING WHO HERE????

[@malcolmstockbridge2569]

Strange how Tory losers think everybody else is 'thick'

[@truebluebears76]

Starmer is only been in a few wks and I fukn can’t stand him

[@ExpendableRedshirt]

The only thing good about him is that he wasn't part of the last government.

[@loriswafford4672]

He’s part of the tri lateral commission and a WEF puppet

[@The_DrAstrov]

Nothing you say matters.

[@kennywatts4212]

Same here. Csnt stand him from beginning

[@The_DrAstrov]

@@truebluebears76 👈3🏳️‍🌈🦜 comments in 7 years. Another bot farm account

[@butlerpa100]

Obviously or not. The rich will avoid them the poor can’t pay them so as usual they attack the few that try to better themselves. Ridiculous stupidity, attack those that struggle to do better.

[@TimComley]

In for five minutes and likely to break away from manifesto

[@tonycooke8545]

Can't say you weren't warned! 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@robertmoreland2638]

I think the promise of huge public services wage rises will be the real problem. 🤔

[@Casey-Jones]

I think this was the guy who advised Brown to sell the UK's gold reserves when gold was at an all time low. 6 months later, gold quadrupled in price. The UK effectively lost £7 billion

[@elchoppo1160]

What happened to "fully costed and fully funded" ?

[@The_DrAstrov]

That was before Labour discovered the Tories had stolen £20 BILLION POUNDS and filtered it to the political donors.

[@lightend100]

Didn’t Gordon brown let the world know the uk was selling its gold assets so the price tanked and he sold our gold for very cheap. Did this special advisor tell him to sell our gold reserves? If so, he’s not worth the shirt on his back

[@JOHNNY-zx1lc]

No one saw this coming lol

[@The_DrAstrov]

I blame the Tories. Time to tax the rich. #MESA #Make_England_Socialist_Again

[@mrvgranfield]

Why is it that we pay VAT when that was for the membership of the EU. This theft has not gone un noticed

[@runtothehills8992]

Venal, lying, corrupt politicians. What a shock.

[@davidgardiner4720]

Couldn't agree more. The Tories should be deeply ashamed. They won't be, of course, they will just keep on with the lies, greed, cruelty and corruption.

[@paulcavanagh9370]

Most understand as a Nation we are skint, yet we can still carrying on with the Green madness that is adversely affecting the economy, refusing to halt the illegal migrants invasion, overseas aid. Basically Westminster as a whole is refusing to tell the truth, refusing to form a coalition of Parties to get us out of this fiscal mess, in short we need a Government of all the talents not political dogmatic stupidity.

[@rossspenser8314]

Here we go glad I did not vote Labour

[@dpelpal]

I am British woman. Suppose we stop support to UKRAINE. Then we could be wealthy, have a lot of money. So, this ZELENSKY he spend our money on DRUG. We have peace with Russia then we have much more wealth. Bills will be cheaper for electricty. Get DEMON AMERICA out of our airbase! Peace with Russia is a good I think!

[@malcolmstockbridge2569]

Seems they didnt actually need your vote in the end.

[@carltontweedle5724]

I hope the first thing is getting money back from those that ripped the country off. If not 15 years because that is what you get for bank robbery. They ripped the people off time for pay back.

[@ifsanakauser7194]

I AGREE WE NEED A WEALTH TAX PLZ ITS DISGUSTING WE WORK ALL HOURS IN MONTH AND TAX MAN TAKES MOST OF WAGES WHAT ABOUT THE RICH AND THE POLITICIANS NEED TO BE TAXED MORE ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

[@dpelpal]

I am British, born Leed. Maybe all our money go Ukraine, then we have poverty level of life. So we stop support Ukrainia, we could have wealth. And Zelensky, he use DRUG. So we stop gap support Ukraine, PEACE with RUSSIA, then we will have wealth.)

[@patrickthomas1273]

20 billion doesn't sound much of a black hole to make such a fuss about, considering wot they spend on immigrants

[@user-fe2jl7jd2c]

They take from the tax payer 52 million a week for the boat people

[@mrb5394]

Imagine aspiring all my life to do the best I can do 2 own a home maybe another one or 2 as a pension and then these lot think ow let’s tax the very few that aspire to have more in life. My brain can’t comprehend. I don’t understand what I need to work hard for in life if that’s not the case.

[@jontuckett2391]

Is there any wonder that trust in politicians is on the floor?

[@user-hu5oe4sb4g]

Petrol will definitely go up as they remove the fuel duty freeze. Course Starmer didn’t mention this when he was chasing votes. As I said many times, with Labour your vote counts , but you don’t.

[@samhodgins9804]

And that will increase the cost of living overnight and also people were warned about Labour

[@marcwilkinson2072]

20bn black hole... Maybe that 20bn shouldn't of went to Ukraine? 🤷

[@MichaelSienkiewicz-kl1ve]

Exactly! Anyway in normal country people would mass protest already

[@hawky2k215]

Fcking idiots aren't they!

[@chris20041958]

Be glad they are fighting Putin and you are safe in your bed

[@marcwilkinson2072]

@@chris20041958 There's only one enemy of the people and its not Putin

[@hawky2k215]

@@chris20041958 You don't get it do you. It wasn't British idea it were the corruption idea

[@GaryBurdenuik-g8y]

One of the fist payments Labour made within 2 weeks, £ 7 - 3 billion for greens ? ?

[@user-wj7cv9hb5j]

Shame on labour supporters, shame shame shame.

[@patrikfloding7985]

Huh?

[@paulm2339]

Labour voter's should take in all the boat people

[@mattevans3014]

You lost, get over it, it was a democratic vote.

[@lewisthombs]

⁠@@mattevans3014You voted for labour to fix the NHS. Now they are saying they won’t fix it, and they are pulling out of funding it

[@The_DrAstrov]

I feel no shame. #MESA #Make_England_Socialist_Again

[@martinsadventures3691]

Miliband is giving away 11.6 billion to 3rd world countries get a grip Miliband you can’t afford to give that amount of money away the country cannot afford it don’t come to us for extra tax simple as that 😮

[@wendyrowland7787]

It is quite a novelty for Labour to inherit a deficit. They should at least be honest about the fact that it was caused by the unprecedented event of the Pandemic.

[@kathleenrose3545]

The pandemic is conveniently forgotten by labour and labour hack voters

[@BobBuilder-mq9wr]

880 billion was printed through covid! That's roughly 40years of money printing ! Where all that money gone ?

[@leonkowalski6987]

It's like you think taxes can be raised with no consequences. Why should the public give so much to the self-interested liars and thieves that call themselves politicians?

[@angelatowse5640]

You can't take any more money We haven't got it

[@icelandicarctic1795]

well in that case, i am quiting my job and going on benefits. everyday on my way to work and back to home, i see these big cars parked outside council houses. Never see those people working? it seems you get more money in this country for not working. for working class, it is just about paying taxes, bills, national insurance.

[@philippedley5073]

There is no black hole it's all lies.

[@dpelpal]

Well, as me I am a British, we should to maybe stopping support Ukrainia. Because then we could have more moneys be wealthiest. So stop to help Ukrainia! Yes. Then the money will flow to Britania and we will have much mores. For all! Peace with RUSSIA wealth for Britan

[@johncolville9107]

@@dpelpalyou are British and you write like this, who are you kidding 🤦‍♂️

[@malcolmstockbridge2569]

@@dpelpal You obviously didnt go to school here.....or at all !!!

[@garyb455]

An advisor for Gordon Brown ! wow he must be good

[@user-lv3qj1dg4u]

Brace yerselves people, hit the average hard working targets as usual. Daylight feckin robbin Starmerites.

[@The_DrAstrov]

Labour will do what they've always done. Raise taxes on the rich.

[@johnnyraysimpson92]

@@The_DrAstrovwhile simultaneously failing to tax the loophole finding, tax avoiding mega rich. If they sorted that out no one would be complaining

[@The_DrAstrov]

@@johnnyraysimpson92 What are you yapping about. Labour the peoples party have been in power for 1 month. (5 years until the next election). I'm sure they're going to close the loopholes once they've figured out how much the Tories have skimmed off to their donors.

[@jonkayl9416]

Maybe Tory voters could have a wip around and put in 20 Billion in.

[@ed1cc]

Conservative austerity and corruption is absolutely to blame. We need a wealth tax on the super rich, higher corporation tax rates on large businesses, and to raise capital gains tax to meet income tax rates. Take the tax burden off the working class

[@user-yb9ww6lv7j]

Will you stop this obsession with taxing the super rich, it isn't going to happen. They have accountants far cleverer than HMRC and if that doesn't work for them, they will just leave and we will get nothing.

[@brainfade255]

Thats nonsense if you start attacking the rich they will just up stakes and take their jobs and money elsewhere...un like us majority they have the resources to do it...

[@seat420]

@@user-yb9ww6lv7j we have to, there is no money for anybody else as it is. everybody is on terrible money. take away the 1% and the average wage is 29k a year. Thats nothing at all. we cant pay the bill.

[@crochetomania]

@@user-yb9ww6lv7jif Amazon leaves local businesses will feel much better. And local high street will not be dying anymore, but creating jobs for the laid off Amazon workers. So why is it so bad if they leave? The super rich might leave, but they can’t take their mansions with them so why can’t we tax their assets? Plus where would they all go? Switzerland is tiny, so is Monaco.

[@ukbloke28]

not just the working class. a lot of whom dont pay much if any tax any way. the middle class are getting f-ed by this harder than anyone else. it was the upper classes who created the tension between the two groups in the first place, guess why ....

[@stevemacdonald2510]

Government cost is something like 45% of GDP, to say we need even more money is irresponsible. Government control is non existent you would have to be completely useless to not be able to find massive overspend and wastage. Government pension contributions to employees is around 26% of salary ....... non Government workers could never afford this yet now they want to tax private pensions more, it's disgraceful.

[@UKnotSafeUnderStarmer]

How about having an understanding with the wealthy to hand back their state pensions. let's be honest it's absolutely peanuts to them.

[@Cat10980]

It may be peanuts, but they are my peanuts. This is the problem with socialists; they always want what others have worked for.

[@adamski6312]

Begging the question, who will they categorise as wealthy?

[@UKnotSafeUnderStarmer]

@@adamski6312 Anyone who can heat their home without worrying about it..

[@stephenwoods4316]

How many times is this money taxed. When you earn it ,when you spend it,when you give it away, when you die etc etc.