‘Lower taxes possible’

A LABOUR government would want to cut taxes, Sir Keir Starmer has said, but he insisted that reversing flagging growth would be the first priority if he takes power at the next general election.

The Labour leader also conceded his planned £28 billion-a-year green energy investment could shrink depending on economic conditions, but hit out at Tory attacks on the plan as "misconceived"

Sir Keir yesterday (Thursday) used a New Year's speech in Bristol to insist he was "ready" to take on Rishi Sunak at the polls, but he faced questions about the policies his party was offering voters.

The party's tax offering to voters heading into an election year has been the subject of speculation in recent days and weeks, but Sir Keir insisted that his priority was growing the economy to the benefit of voters.