Starmer: 'Asking everybody to contribute in a fair way'

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has defended the Chancellor's Budget, saying "we are asking everybody to contribute in a fair way". Report by Ketchs. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Well we are asking everybody to contribute in a fair way and we're

00:05asking to contribute to make sure that we can protect our NHS and make sure it's

00:10fit for the future and there for everybody when they need it and that

00:13didn't happen under the last government. We're asking people to contribute so we

00:16can ensure we've got the schools we need so every single child can go as far as

00:21their talents will take them and we're asking everybody to contribute so we can

00:24bear down on probably what is the single biggest issue for most families and

00:28communities which is the cost of living and that's why we were able yesterday

00:32to announce that we're taking a hundred and fifty pounds of energy bills for on

00:38average for every household for the poorest households that's six million

00:41that's on top of the hundred and fifty that we've already taken off these are

00:45significant bills that people do need as much help and I'm really pleased that we

00:49pulled every available lever when it comes to the cost of living

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