Sir Keir repeats that Labour will not introduce any tax rises “that we haven’t already announced”.
He wants the “super rich” and “oil and gas companies” to pay “fair tax”, and close “private equity loopholes”.
But nothing that requires additional tax rises is in the manifesto.
The Labour leader is then asked if he is “happy fighting the election on that tax divide”.
“If there’s one lesson from Liz Truss and what happened to the economy, it’s if you make unfunded tax cuts, then it damages the economy and working people pay the price,” he says.
‘We were rejected’ under Corbyn
And after being grilled on the topic in last night’s Sky leaders’ event, he’s again asked whether he really thought Jeremy Corbyn would be a great prime minister.
“I didn’t think we would win the last election,” he claims.
“I didn’t think that we were in a state to win it – that is reinforced by the work that we have now done.
“We were rejected by the country, and the first decision I took was, if you get rejected by the country, you don’t look at the voter you look at your party, and you change it.
“Jeremy Corbyn is not a Labour candidate, and he’s expelled from this party. That is how much change we have brought around.”
