“Don’t surrender to Starmer’s tax rises“, Sunak warns in BBC general election debate

Rishi Sunak has warned the public not to “surrender” to Labour’s tax rises in his final televised election debate against Sir Keir Starmer before polling day. The Prime Minister made reference to The Telegraph’s report that Darren Jones, the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, said Labour’s target for decarbonising the economy will cost “hundreds of billions” of pounds. #election #Starmer #sunak “Just go online, go to The Telegraph website, because we’ve just found a recording that they have put out there from the deputy chancellor from the Labour Party, admitting that their plans will cost hundreds of billions of pounds,” Mr Sunak said. “Hundreds of billions to anyone, all of you, thousands of pounds of tax rises. That’s why I say Keir Starmer, the Labour Party, are not being straight with you, so do not surrender to their tax rises.” The 75-minute head-to-head was moderated by Mishal Husain, presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme. The Prime Minister and the Labou