Audience laugh at Keir Starmer as he mentions his dad was a toolmakerSource: Sky News
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00:00to 3% of earners.
00:01Would you personally be happy to pay more tax?
00:04Yes, of course.
00:05OK.
00:06I've always paid my tax in full.
00:09But I accept I earn a lot of money in the job I am now in.
00:14But when I grew up, my dad was a toolmaker.
00:16He worked in a factory.
00:18It's true.
00:18My mum was a nurse.
00:20And actually, we couldn't make ends meet,
00:22which actually isn't a laughing matter.
00:23We couldn't make ends meet.
00:25We couldn't pay our bills.
00:26I know what it feels like to feel
00:29anxious about the next bill, which you can't pay.
00:31And what I have recognized is a lot of people
00:34today are in precisely the same position as I was in.