UK

No surprises on tax in Labour manifesto, Sir Keir Starmer says

The Labour leader was pressed about whether his party would consider hiking fuel duty or capital gains tax to raise more cash for the public purse.

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer, during a Sky News election event with Sky’s political editor Beth Rigby, in Grimsby
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer, during a Sky News election event with Sky’s political editor Beth Rigby, in Grimsby (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
By David Lynch, Richard Wheeler and Will Durrant, PA