Jonathan Ashworth insisted Sir Keir Starmer’s party would not raise income tax, national insurance or VAT.
A Labour frontbencher has refused to rule out raising capital gains tax or corporation tax if Sir Keir Starmer’s party wins the election.
Instead, Mr Ashworth told a central London press conference attacking Tory manifesto costings on Monday: “Under a Labour government, there will be no increase in income tax, no increase in national insurance, no increase in VAT.He similarly evaded a question about whether that means a Labour government would have to borrow more to pay for its plans.
Ahead of the Tory manifesto launch on Tuesday, Mr Ashworth said: “Tomorrow, you will see a document littered with unfunded commitment after unfunded commitment – a desperate wish list, the most expensive panic attack in history from a weak, desperate Prime Minister who in the chaotic scattergun of announcements which he has made in his campaign to date has not even bothered to try to make his sums add up.
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