Keir Starmer is right. Farage’s tax cuts won’t deliver the support families really need
29 May 2025, 14:08
By Erin Mansell
Families up and down the country are struggling to make ends meet with little reassurance that the prosperity and stability promised by Labour will be realised any time soon, particularly given the global challenges posed by Trump’s trade tariffs.
In this context, Farage’s promises of quick and easy policies to cut taxes may sound appealing, but Keir Starmer is right about one thing: they are not economically sound and, beyond this, they will not actually help people with the things we really need and care about.
We want to know that when we have health problems, we can get an appointment with the doctor, and if we need a procedure or surgery, it will take weeks, not months. That if we have young children or grandchildren, they will have a guaranteed place in a nursery allowing both parents to work the hours we want to, if we want to. That if we or a loved one has a disability or becomes disabled, we will be able to get extra support to allow........
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