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Evening Standard
Politics
Claudia Savage

Cabinet in ‘open warfare’ over tax and MPs can’t trust Starmer, says Badenoch

Sir Keir Starmer’s cabinet is in ‘open warfare’ over taxes, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has claimed as she asked the Prime Minister to rule out tax hikes in this Parliament (PA) - (PA Archive)

Sir Keir Starmer’s Cabinet is in “open warfare” over taxes, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has claimed as she asked the Prime Minister to rule out tax hikes in this Parliament.

Mrs Badenoch said deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is “on manoeuvres”, “demanding” tax rises, and insinuated Sir Keir had also lost control of his MPs, asking how they could “ever trust him again” after a “U-turn” on winter fuel cuts.

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