{"id":26363,"date":"2023-11-23T22:49:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T22:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mormonmediareviews.com\/?p=26363"},"modified":"2023-11-23T22:49:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T22:49:01","slug":"labour-mp-flounders-on-bbc-question-time-as-fiona-bruce-probes-partys-tax-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mormonmediareviews.com\/politics\/labour-mp-flounders-on-bbc-question-time-as-fiona-bruce-probes-partys-tax-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour MP flounders on BBC Question Time as Fiona Bruce probes partys tax plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

QT: Isabel Oakeshott tells Labour MP’s answer is ‘absolute flannel’<\/h3>\n

Labour was left exposed over their tax and spend plans this evening as their spokesperson on Question Time floundered under piercing scrutiny from host Fiona Bruce.<\/p>\n

Alison McGovern was handed the job of attacking Jeremy Hunt\u2019s Autumn Statement on the key BBC politics show, but was left flummoxed when asked how Labour would pay for the spending shortfall.<\/p>\n

Ms McGovern was probed by Ms Bruce about the forthcoming squeeze on public spending, earmarked by the Chancellor to take place after the election.<\/p>\n

She was asked what, if Labour gets into Government, they will do about that and find money for public services.<\/p>\n

Ms McGovern cited her party\u2019s pledge to close the non-dom tax status, however the BBC host stopped her mid-sentence.<\/p>\n

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\u201cLet\u2019s just look into that little bit of detail: at the moment public services are facing real terms cuts of \u00a313 billion next year, rising up to \u00a321.7 by 2027\/28 – that\u2019s from the IFS.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s take next year, that\u2019s \u00a313 billion; abolishing the non-dom tax status for example will raise \u00a33.6 billion a year. Now \u00a32 billion of that you\u2019ve already allocated to breakfast clubs in primary schools and to train more NHS staff, so that leaves you \u00a31.6 billion for a shortfall of \u00a313 billion!<\/p>\n

\u201cHow\u2019s that going to work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Struggling to think of an answer, the Labour frontbencher, stuttering, said she \u201cdoesn\u2019t think that the non-dom tax loophole\u2026 closing that\u2026 covers all of that, because the maths is obvious as you\u2019ve just set it out\u201d.<\/p>\n

She said she wasn\u2019t \u201cgoing to sit here now and write Labour\u2019s manifesto on television\u201d.<\/p>\n

Journalist Isabel Oakeshott watched on, unimpressed, before cutting the top Labour politician off and observing \u201cit\u2019s a complete non-answer, I have to say\u201d.<\/p>\n

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