Could Labour break promises with rumoured tax hikes? £20bn black hole explained | Caroline Wheeler

On Monday Rachel Reeves will release a “blame document” to reveal “the true scale” of Tory “damage to public finances": a rumoured £20bn black hole. The Times's Caroline Wheeler asks whether the announcement will serve as “cover” to introduce tax hikes.

[hardlines]

Stop taking money from poor people in this country to give to rich people in poor countries.

[philipjones]

No could about it, guaranteed certainly

[JoeWedgwood-ikzo]

Who cares as long as things improve….?

[iSurvivedTheZombieZ]

They're politicians, of course they are going to break promises.

[SeanHendy]

Remember during the election that it was said many many times that Labour's plans didn't add up. How many times was Starmer asked about taxes? And we're how many weeks in?

[rebecca]

🇬🇧🇬🇧Milliband has just given £11.5 BILLION ( OF OURMONEY) to countries abroad to HELP THEM with renewables and climate change...whilst at the same time attacking the disabled on benefits

[karrieclark]

And the idiots that voted for them believing every word they said just made everyone's life harder 😂😂😂

[jcksinclir]

Why isn't lying to the electorate deemed a crime as it is the electorate lying to a judge or jury?

[rockinginafreeworld]

Labour, we want to help poor people. Labour in power, we will put tax up.
When will the uk people accept their government are just liars.

[tiktikboom]

Labour break a promise.. no way, who could have seen that coming.

[tonydelaney]

Of course Labour will take your money!! They start off by being nice and cuddly and then they change the rules - we’ve seen it all before, us older ones, but it sounds good . . .

[Paulie-]

Who did you think was going to pay welfare to the world.

[Moodyblue-on]

"Could Labour break Of course they "could". The question should be "Will Labour break promises". Of course they will. And who will Reeves blame in her speech on Monday? The Tories, of course. And that's despite the IFS and OBR pointing out, ad-nauseum that Labour, in opposition and during the campaign, had free and easy access to the nations books - as indeed do I. Labour were clever in the campaign by stating that all of their manifesto pledges were fully costed, without ever producing the costings. I know they didn't produce the costings because I asked for them. Why are ministers now spouting lies? In addition to Reeves lying that she was shocked at the state of the finances we've had the Justice Secretary lying that she was shocked by the jails crisis, the Health Secretary lying that he was shocked by the NHS watchdogs performance and the Home Secretary lying that she was shocked by the cost of the Rwanda scheme. If they really are shocked then they are grossly incompetent and utterly unit for office. There is no excuse for them to be shocked. THE STATE OF THE NATIONS ACTIVITIES ARE AN OPEN BOOK. It is the responsibility of the Kings official opposition to be aware of the information and prepare to deal with its contents when in office. And not to enter office and lie through their collective teeth.

[nowgrownup]

Give them 12 month and they will be taxing the air you breath ..Khan already wants to tax peoples private driveways 😂😂😂😂

[TheBladereddragon]

Government finances have been in public domain well before labour came in nothing new here and labour know it .

[rowanmelville]

Labor getting ready to be out again in 4 years.

Up my taxes you lose my vote.

[knowledgeseeker]

Unfortunately UK citizens are overwhelmingly taxed and common people back bone is broken by high taxes and more taxes. Look people are queuing at food banks. Highly skilled people are leaving and low wages salaries for decades. Profiteering culture of corporate by exploiting low wages must be stopped

[johnberry-rf]

Giving 84 million of tax pays money away is going to help fill the black hole

[williamfraser]

Still got plenty of cash in the war chest.

[Dan]

Sunak warned Labour will up £2000 tax! That's why I didn't vote for Labour but Tory!