Rishi Sunak grills Keir Starmer on National Insurance at PMQs

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00:00Can he confirm that when he promised not to raise income tax, national insurance or VAT,

00:06that commitment applies to both employer and employee national insurance contributions?

00:12Mr Speaker, as he well knows, I'm not going to get drawn on decisions that will be set out.

00:18We made an absolute commitment in relation to not raising tax on working people.

00:24He, of course, was the expert's expert on raising taxes.

00:29And what did we get in return for it?

00:31We got a broken economy, broken public services and a £22 billion black hole in the economy.

00:39We're here to stabilise the economy and we will do so.

00:43Leader of the Opposition.

00:44Mr Speaker, I don't think even Lord Alley is buying any of that nonsense.