Starmer rejects Tory claim raising employers’ national insurance would break manifesto promise – UK politics live
The prime minister said it was ‘very clear’ in the manifesto that Labour would not raise taxes on working people
Keir Starmer has has welcomed private investment of £550m to make it easier for people to find a home, PA Media reports. PA says:
Schroders, Man Group and Resonance announced new impact investment funds on Tuesday – pots of money that aim to create social or environmental impact.
These will help to address directly the shortage of homes by supporting the building of tens of thousands of new homes across the UK, the Treasury said.
We’ve said as a government we’re going to fix the foundations, rebuild our country, and expressly saying ‘now is the time to back us’.
Companies and investors are coming in today saying ‘here’s half a billion pounds’. We want to raise that, by the way, I want that to be up over £1bn before too long.
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