Voters not ‘fools’ as taxes will nonetheless be ‘increased at subsequent election than final’

Labour’s Rachel Reeves has stated voters will not be “taken for fools” as she insisted taxes will nonetheless be increased on the subsequent election than they have been 5 years in the past.

Responding to Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement, the Shadow Chancellor stated working individuals have been “still worse off” attributable to Tory “economic recklessness”. She stated struggling households have been “skating on thin ice for too long” as she hit out on the Government for leaving the nation “exposed” to the cost-of-living disaster.

She blasted: “Britain is and will be worse off under the Conservatives. They have held back growth, they have crashed the economy, increased debt, trashed public services, left businesses out in the cold, and made life harder for working people.” Insisting the Tories’ “time is up”, Ms Reeves stated: “Our country cannot afford five more years of the Conservatives.”

Her feedback got here simply minutes after the Tory Chancellor introduced that nationwide insurance coverage can be reduce for round 27million employees – saving the common employee £450 per 12 months. But Ms Reeves hit again, saying: “From their failure to uprate income tax or national insurance bands, to forcing councils to raise council tax, the Conservatives have pushed the costs of their failure onto others. But the British people won’t be taken for fools. They know that what has been announced today owes more to the cynicism of a party desperate to cling onto power than the real priorities of this high-tax, low-growth Conservative Government.”

She added: “So I think we can forgive taxpayers for not celebrating when they see the truth behind today’s announcements. Going into this statement the Government had already put in place tax increases worth the equivalent of a 10p increase in national insurance. So today’s 2p cut will not remotely compensate for the tax (increases) already put in place by this Conservative Government. The fact is that taxes will be higher at the next election than they were at the last.”

Speaking within the Commons the Shadow Chancellor additionally hit out at Mr Hunt’s declare final week the economic system had “turned a corner” after inflation fell. She stated: “The Chancellor claims that the economy has turned a corner, yet the truth is under the Conservatives growth has hit a dead end. What has been laid bare today is the full scale of the damage that this Government has done to our economy over 13 years.”