Shadow chancellor rules out tax increases

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Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has accused Rishi Sunak of lying about Labour's tax plans in his first TV debate against Sir Keir Starmer as she revealed the party has "no plans to increase taxes on working people." Ms Reeves said: "Rishi Sunak lied twelves times in the debate last night about Labour's tax plans. The truth is it's the Conservatives who have taken the tax burden to the highest it's been in seventy years."   Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00 Well the letter from the permanent secretary of the Treasury confirms what

00:04 Labour have said last night. The Prime Minister lied in the debate last night.

00:09 Labour has no plans to increase taxes on working people. In fact I have ruled out

00:15 increases in income tax, national insurance and VAT for the duration of

00:21 the next Parliament. Well it's Rishi Sunak who lied 12 times in the debate

00:25 last night about Labour's tax plans. The truth is it's the Conservatives that

00:30 have taken the tax burden to the highest it's been in 70 years. That is the

00:34 Conservatives record and their legacy.

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