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General election live: Labour accuses Rishi Sunak of lying over tax claim but PM repeats figure

David Graham
11 months ago





General election live: Labour accuses Rishi Sunak of lying over tax claim but PM repeats figure – BBC News

























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Summary

  1. Labour’s shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves accuses Rishi Sunak of lying in last night’s TV debate
  2. Rishi Sunak said in the debate: “Independent Treasury officials have costed Labour’s policies and they amount to a £2,000 tax rise [over four years] for every working family”
  3. But a letter from the chief Treasury civil servant has cast doubt on the sourcing of the claim
  4. James Bowler wrote to Labour two days ago saying the Tories’ assessment “should not be presented as having been produced by the civil service”
  5. The UK’s official statistics regulator is looking into the claims – but Conservatives stand by the figure
  6. Rishi Sunak repeated the figure – although not where it came from – twice on social media on Wednesday



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