How Sunak came up with disputed Labour tax figures – and what’s wrong with them
- Written by Steve Schifferes, Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City, University of London
The first televised debate between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer was dominated by the prime minister’s claim that every working family in the country would be paying £2,000 more in tax if Labour win the general election.
It was a bold claim, which Sunak said was backed up by “official calculations” from the Treasury. Those...
