Is the first of Keir Starmer's ten pledges – increase income tax for top 5% of earners, reverse Tory cuts to corporation tax – now gone? "I expect so," says Lisa Nandy #PoliticsLive
What about his fifth pledge, on common ownership of rail, mail, energy and water? Lisa Nandy says public ownership is "one way" and "another way" is "giving people more control" #PoliticsLive
She explained that this change was due to the coronavirus crisis, but didn't go on to say that the pledge would be picked up again further down the line.
Full quote: “I expect so, based on what you just said [about frontbench opposing any tax rises]. In the middle of a global pandemic…the idea of raising taxes and squeezing people who are in work and trying to make ends meet is just completely the wrong priority for the country.”
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