Sir Keir Starmer repeatedly refused to deny that Labour would raise taxes by more than £2,000 for each working family.
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In his first televised debate with Rishi Sunak of the campaign, Sir Keir said his party would raise “specific taxes” and defended his planned VAT raid on private schools.
The 70-minute encounter between the party leaders often became heated with the two men interrupting and talking over each other as they clashed on issues including defence, the economy and net migration.
Mr Sunak said Labour would raise taxes by £2,000 for every family, the product of a Treasury analysis of Labour policies, although Sir Keir later dismissed the figure as “nonsense”.
In his closing statement, the Prime Minister said: “You don’t know what you’d get and neither does he... Keir Starmer is asking you to hand him a blank cheque when he hasn’t said what he’d do with it.
“In uncertain times we simply cannot afford an uncertain prime minister. If you don’t know what you’re going to get with Labour, don’t vote for them.”
Appealing to voters minutes earlier, Sir Keir told viewers: “Imagine how you would feel about waking up on July 5 to five more years of the Conservatives... the arsonists handed back the matches.
“Now imagine turning the page with a Labour government that rolls up its sleeves and gets on with the job... The choice at this election is clear, more chaos with the Conservatives or a chance to rebuild Britain with a changed Labour Party.”
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