you so much to both of you for your time this evening. sir keir starmer has promised that a labour government would devolve more power out of westminster by giving local authorities more say in areas such as transport and housing. the labour leader said in a new year speech that taking back control borrowing from the brexit slogan would be central to his party s agenda if it won the next election. sir keir starmer has been speaking with our political editor, chris mason. kier starmer comey said today that labour wouldn t be getting into the big government to chequebook out. does that mean you wouldn t spend any more than a conservative government went after the next election? i government went after the next election? ,., government went after the next election? ., ., election? i said we wouldn t get our big government election? i said we wouldn t get our big government chequebook - election? i said we wouldn t get our big government chequebook out. big government chequebook
truth is, for the conservatives, their party political interest outweighs the interests of the british people, so the problem isn t just borisjohnson, it is the whole lot of these conservative mps. we now know the eight conservative candidates he will become our next prime minister and most of the leadership candidates are pledging tax cuts. would labour cut taxes if it was to form the next government? it is like the charge of the lightweight brigade, seeing all of them who voted for tax hikes in the budget when it came to. they voted to back up taxes on working people despite the cost of living crisis. labour oppose that and we voted against it but all of the conservative party leadership candidates voted for it. that is why we have the highest rates of personal taxation for 70 years, higher than at any point under a previous labour government. would labour cut taxes then? labour wouldn t have put them up on working people, we said it was the wrong
in march, the chancellor announced he was cutting the tax the government charges on petrol and diesel, fuel duty, by 5p per litre, but there are concerns the saving has not found its way to the forecourts. now ministers have instructed the independent regulator to investigate. we have got to make sure it is being passed on and once we get the review of that, then it will be right to look at what more, if we need to, we can do to help people to make sure it is actually getting to where we want. there are calls for the government to cut fuel duty by more than 5p, as some other european countries have. labour wouldn t confirm if it would do so, but said the review was overdue. naming and shaming, which was their previous policy, was just never going to work. we need to make sure that we have got a functioning energy market. petrol retailers insist the cut is being reflected in prices at the pump. the regulator says it stands ready to take action if it finds competition is not working prop
this week, the cost of a full tank for an average family car hit £100. it is actually a killer. i don t know how i m going to carry on affording travelling. it s horrendous. i don t know how people are going to survive. i rely on my car all the time, and it s a huge cost to everybody. today, i can announce. in march, the chancellor announced he was cutting the tax the government charges on petrol and diesel, fuel duty, by 5p per litre, but there are concerns the saving has not found its way to the forecourts. now ministers have instructed the independent regulator to investigate. we have got to make sure it is being passed on and once we get the review of that, then it will be right to look at what more, if we need to, we can do to help people to make sure it is actually getting to where we want. there are calls for the government to cut fuel duty by more than 5p, as some other european countries have. labour wouldn t confirm if it would do so but said the review was overdue. naming a
regulator to investigate. we ve got to make sure it s being passed on and once we get the review of that, then it will be right to look at what more, if we need to, we can do to help people to make sure it s actually getting to where we want to see that support. there are calls for the government to cut fuel duty by more than 5p, as some other european countries have. labour wouldn t confirm if it would do so, but said the review was overdue. naming and shaming, which was their previous policy, was just never going to work. we need to make sure that they ve got a functioning energy market. petrol retailers insist the cut is being reflected in prices at the pump. the regulator says it stands ready to take action if it finds competition isn t working properly. but of course, it s notjust petrol and diesel that s costing more. food and energy bills have pushed inflation to its highest level in decades, and business leaders have suggested that households could in effect go into recession t