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Politics
Sophie Wingate

PM says leaders should ‘stick to their word’ but fails to reaffirm tax pledge

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was speaking at the G20 summit in South Africa (Leon Neal/PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer has said it is “important that politicians stick to their word”, even as he refused to rule out manifesto-busting tax rises on working people in next week’s crunch Budget.

The Prime Minister declined to recommit to manifesto pledges on tax despite being asked 12 times during a broadcast interview during his trip to the G20 summit in South Africa.

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