senior labourfigures time you would uniformly get a senior labour figures saying they have a good crack at forming the next government. in his speech, keir starmer won t just next government. in his speech, keir starmer won tjust talk next government. in his speech, keir starmer won t just talk about emulating the likes of tony blair in 1997. he will talk about this big historic labour victories of the past like 1945 under clement attlee. 0r past like 1945 under clement attlee. or 19 six defour as well. here is why labour thinks it can win. 1964 as well. it thinks the public is ready to listen to an alternative message about how to prosper the economy. that s why they are increasingly feeling confident about their prospects. that s not a guarantee, however. labour has a lot of ground to make up from the last general election when it fell to that historic low in terms of seats. it also knows that it is possible the government strategy does pay off and that tax cutting and cutting reg
scrap the higher rate of 45p additional income tax charged to the very highest earners, and lower the basic rate of income tax from 20p to 19 p. given what senior labour figures have said in the last couple of days, it seemed a reasonably clear that the party wouldn t block that a reduction in the lower rate of income tax for lower earners, but there is a question, there was a question at least until this morning, overwhat question at least until this morning, over what it would do about that higher rate of income tax. would it reinstate that, and if so, how would it be paid for? and sir keir starmer was asked if he would reintroduce that higher rate this morning by laura kuenssberg just down the dockside here at the museum of liverpool. yes. i do not think that the choice to have yes. i do not think that the choice to have tax yes. i do not think that the choice to have tax cuts for those that are earning to have tax cuts for those that are earning hundreds of thousands of pound