Tories and Labour Clash on Tax as General Election Battles Intensify

The Tories and Labour have clashed over Sir Keir Starmer’s tax and spending plans as the General Election campaign became increasingly bitter. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt claimed Sir Keir would turn the UK into what he dubbed “taxtopia” while Labour accused the Tories of being “desperate” and having “massive holes” in their own plans. Meanwhile, opinion polls continued to heap pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and underlined why the Tories have shifted strategy to warn would-be Reform UK voters not to risk handing Labour a landslide win. The Tory focus on tax came after Sir Keir Starmer ruled out imposing capital gains tax on the sale of family homes....