Keir Starmer defends Budget choices and tax rises

Sky News reporter Beth Rigby left no holds barred as she tore into Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer live on air. The broadcaster wasted no time in dissecting the explosive Autumn Budget and its impact on millions of Brits across the UK. The Labour leader was asked why he had told voters during last year’s election campaign that he wouldn’t raise taxes to abolish the two-child benefit cap.

But in yesterday’s Budget, Rachel Reeves hiked up taxes by £26billion in order to fund the £4.6billion move, which will now allow families with three children or more to receive unlimited child benefit. In the car-crash interview, he “accepted the challenge that we’ve asked everybody to contribute” but insisted that it was worth taxing Britons more i

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