PMQs: Sunak and Starmer clash over taxes and pensions

PMQs: Sunak and Starmer clash over taxes and pensions

has the Prime Minister managed to find the money for his completely unfunded 46 billion pound promise to scrap National Insurance I know that economics is not his strong point but but he might do well he might do well actually to listen to a shadow education secretary who who just this morning said no that’s not how it works Mr Speaker indeed the ifs have also said the link between National Insurance and public Services funding is illusory just like Labor’s economic plans Mr Speaker but it’s Crystal Clear there’s one party that’s going to deliver tax cuts for working Britain and it’s the conservative party well that was a long rambling non-answer to the question which just has he found the money to fund his 46 billion pound promise to abolish National Insurance and whenever he’s asked about the date of the election or people’s pensions he acts as if answering straightforward questions is somehow beneath him but pensioners and those who are planning their retirement deserve better than his contempt for their questions because if 46 billion were cut from its funding the value of the state pension would almost half so I don’t apologize for asking on their behalf again whether he will finally rule out cutting their state pension to fulfill the enormous black hole in his spending plans m m Mr Speaker of course we can rule that out and The Honorable gentleman should stop scaremongering because it’s thanks it’s thanks to the triple lock that we’ve increased pensions by £3,700 since 2010 and they will rise in each and every year of the next Parliament but it’s labor that always hits pensioners hard it’s his mentors Blair and brown that broke their promises raised pension taxes by 118 billion and delivered an insulting 75p rise in the state pension as one former labor adviser just said Brown destroyed our pension system they did it before they’ll do it again labor always betray our pensioners

Rishi Sunak has ruled out cutting pensions to fund his proposed £46 billion plan to get rid of national insurance.
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When challenged by the Labour leader at Prime Minister’s Questions, Sunak said: “Of course we can rule that out.” The PM said state pensions will rise in every year of the next parliament, thanks to the triple lock.

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