Keir Starmer hinted at tax rises as he said the upcoming October budget would be ‘painful’, in his first major speech from No 10 since becoming prime minister.
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Speaking from the Downing Street garden to about 50 members of the public who he met during the election campaign, Starmer blamed the Conservatives’ legacy for what he called an economic and societal ‘black hole’, and warned the public to expect more unpopular decisions in the near future
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48 Comments
Stop paying rest of the world, spend UK tax inside the UK, we dont want pay tax to budget Ukraine war
What about Mabel from Bradford, you promised her that there will be no tax rises. Plank. 💩🤮
“We have no other choice” yes you do!!! Stop sending money to Ukraine and Israel. Stop providing freebies to asylum seekers. Stop paying politicians massive bonuses and pay rises.
I bet him and every single one of his buddies lives don’t get “worse before it gets better” but all of ours have to 🤷♂️
Remember the days when they were promising this that and the other
Yes let’s cripple the BRITISH TAX PAYER , LETS KEEP THOSE WHO PUT NOTHING IN IN COMFORT IN BRITISH BUILT PLACES . LETS PUT THE TAX PAYER INTO AN EARLY GRAVE MR STARMER …ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL…
Who ever voted labour needs to see a specialist in the NHS ,,NOWADAYS ITS CALLED THE NO HOPE SERVICE ….
The law & order routine is so tiring, it solves nothing.
We could cut somewhere between 6-10million on hotel bills but you know, lets just tax the working middle class a bit more.
Great Britain's most wicked crooks come from the government, absolutely atrocious.
Demolish and Rebuild as a Republic
Plenty money for Ukraine though
But yet hes sending and promised continued help to a losing battle in ukraine which has 0 to do with us
What an opportunist this man is.
"I saw a swastika tattoo, that means everyone is racist and nobody gets a say about mass migration"
"I've emptied the prisons to free up space for people who object"
Sadly we all know already the painful Tax Rises will be aimed at middle income earners
UK needs growth not higher taxes.
2 tier kier the enemy of the British people.
Save 50 billion a year stop importing illegal immigrants.
It's actually easy Poland and Hungary both did it and they dont have 20 miles of sea as a border.
Prisons are full of foreign criminals 2 tier kier knows that lying pos
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So far then : mugged pensioners, reversed Brexit and hiked taxes. Keep the fed flag flying guys.
What I want to know is how much of this £22 billion our ruling elite squandered on Ukraine, illegal migrants and the military-industrial complex? Also, why do we, ordinary British citizens, have to pay for the elite's geopolitical fun and games?
I wouldn't trust him with a box of spent matches Starmergeddon
Keep sending billions to Ukraine 😂😂
The UK's foreign aid budget for 2023 was £15.4 billion, strike that off the outgoings straight away.
Not having enough prison places a failure?
The failure is from society that brings the offenders to that point in the first place!
Starmer says we have a £22 Billion black hole (9 Billion of his own making when he agreed to pay Doctor/Teacher etc insane pay rises). He says the Autumn budget will be painfull. Put in perspective, there are 33 million workers in the UK. That equates to £666,67 per person. Spread over 3 years, that is £18.52 per month. But I bet the taxes he imposes will way, way exceed the tax revenue required to plug this hole.
It's unbelievable. These politicians constantly punishing the people they are supposed to look after
the right always, no matter the country, destroys economy by favouring the wealthy, someone must repair their damage
Starlin has torn up his manifesto because the S### for brains that voted for him fell for it hook line and sinker and got him into power.
… and yet he finds MORE money for Zelenskyy's death machine …
Perfect breading ground for far right unfortunately
Why is it that Governments waste huge amounts of money and the solution is always to tax us all more!! Howabout stop wasting our money!!
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Starmer says "we'll have to tighten our belts" Taxes will increase. Maybe it's better to kick out the migrants and stop sending money to Ukraine. Why should the native inhabitants of Great Britain live worse but feed foreigners?
Another 500 migrants came in on boats yesterday – they will be put up in hotels, and then council houses…and we continue to be penalised for being British.
He needs to end up like Nicolae Ceausescu.
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Seriously, messing with inheritance and capital gains tax will just freeze the housing market further, and all that after 'suffering' exponential rises in mortgage interest rates. Owners just won't sell, increasing the price of a house and the price of rents. Home owners, you're gonna pay!
Why don't they start by stopping mp expenses and other perks,,, also mps should be mps no second jobs aloud (mps should focus on the one job only)
Police will be exempt from the new car tax rules travelling to work….including spouses
Imagine what would happen if he cut the Millions Labour gives The Guardian every year
Worse Austerity incoming, great.
OLD LABOUR, NEW DANGER.
They always say this kind of thing when they're just about to defraud and rip off the British people with completely unjustified tax hikes and service cuts
Painful for the 2nd tier
Look at these comments, WOW people want you out already buddy
This budget will be painful.Its because 2TK wants to distract us because he and the EU want to send our military to Ukraine to fight Russia thinking will be distracted and the UK media will be more concerned about our reaction to the Budget of death.