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He was also pushed over his ambition to abolish National Insurance completely, refusing three times to say whether he would pay for it by cutting funding to the NHS, increasing taxes, or cutting pensions.
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In his questions, the SNP leader in Westminster, Stephen Flynn, referred to the comments of Gordon Brown who told the FT this week: “Ultimately, the forces pulling Britain apart are greater than the forces that hold it together, unless something is done about it.”
Mr Flynn told MPs: “A former prime minister who oversaw a financial crash before being thrown out of office unceremoniously told the public the truth – and I’m not referring to that one – because on Monday, Gordon Gordon said Brown to the people of these islands. the forces pulling Britain apart are greater than the forces holding it together.
“So perhaps the Prime Minister can find some time this afternoon perhaps to agree with just one of his predecessors.”
Mr Sunak said he and Mr Brown agreed “very strongly” that “Scotland would be much stronger within the United Kingdom.”
Responding, Mr Flynn picked up comments from STUC General Secretary, who told the Daily Record that independence remains “unsettled” and that “it can be a very dangerous place to end up in when you don’t allow people to express their wishes in a democratic manner. .”
“So may I ask the First Minister, does he welcome their enthusiastic, complete and warm support for the Labor Party in denying the people of Scotland that opportunity to have a say over their own future?”
In his response, Mr Sunak referred to the Scottish Government’s new Hate Crime Act, which Ms Rowling opposed.
On the day it came into force, she defied the police to arrest her by misgendering a number of transwomen.
Mr Sunak said: “We had a democratic vote on that subject. But what I would suggest to the SNP is that it should focus on what the people of Scotland really care about; schools, hospitals, jobs and our new tax cuts.”
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In his questions, Sir Keir pushed the Prime Minister on the promise to completely scrap national insurance, which is predicted to cost £46bn.
“He refuses to say where the money comes from and we have been trying for months to get to the bottom of this,” the Labor leader told MPs.
“He can either – this is the choice – he can either cut the state pension or the NHS which funds national insurance, that’s the first route. Or it can raise income tax, which is it?”
Mr Sunak deflected the question, but told the House of Commons that the Tories had cut taxes.
“We have just cut taxes by £900 for the average worker, we have secured the biggest tax cut for businesses since the 1980s, but while we are cutting taxes Labor are already raising them.
“In Wales raising taxes for small businesses at the moment, in Birmingham raising council tax by 21%, in London its mayor has raised taxes by 70% and this is just a glimpse of what they would do do if they came into power. , a few weeks ago he finally admitted to The Sun, what did he say he would do? I quote, he said ‘we would raise taxes’.
“It’s always the same, higher taxes and working people pay the price.”
Sir Keir said Mr Sunak had raised taxes more than any other Chancellor or Prime Minister.
He also defended deputy leader Angela Rayner, after Mr Sunak joked about the allegations over his tax affairs, following the sale of a house a decade ago.
The Labor Party leader said the “billionaire Prime Minister” “smells like a working class woman” while his family had “used schemes to avoid millions of pounds in tax”.
