BBC Question Time presenter Fiona Bruce hit a Labour minister with a devastating 7-word slapdown as he tried to defend Rachel Reeves’s tax-raising Budget.

James Murray , the chief secretary to the Treasury, insisted the chancellor had not broken Labour’s election manifesto, which said the

That is despite the fact that Reeves extended the freeze on income tax thresholds, meaning around 1.8 million workers will pay more when they get a pay rise and are dragged into higher salary bands.

Bruce said: “How can anyone believe what you say?”

Murray replied: “Well, what it says in our manifesto is we will keep taxes on working people as low as possible.”

But the manifesto actually said: “We will ensure taxes on working people are kept as low as possible. Labour will not increase taxes on

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