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  • 5/21/2025
Kemi Badenoch has taken aim at Angela Rayner's "manoeuvres" after a leaked document revealed plans from the Deputy Prime Minister to increase taxes for Britons.Badenoch urged the Prime Minister to "stop whining about what the last Government did" as she skewered Rayner for being "on manoeuvres" following the Deputy Prime Minister's "secret memo"."He has lost control of the economy. He has lost control of his Cabinet. She is sitting there staring at me. She knew exactly what she was doing when she briefed that into the papers," Badenoch said."She is demanding eight new tax rises as if we haven’t suffered enough. People out there are struggling, businesses are struggling... we cannot have more tax rises.""Will the Prime Minister rule out new tax rises this year?"Starmer replied: "She has not learnt or changed. They lost the election because of their appalling record on the NHS, on health, on prisons, you name it."She wants to talk about the Deputy Prime Minister. The Deputy Prime Minister is working with the Chancellor, building 1.5 million new homes, reforming our planning system, putting £7billion into our economy and bringing forward our employment rights."WATCH ABOVE.

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00:00Mr. Speaker, he needs to stop whining about what the last government did, and look at what he is doing.
00:06He is the Prime Minister. Look at the numbers this morning.
00:10As if inflation figures weren't bad enough, we've also learned that the Deputy Prime Minister is on manoeuvres.
00:16He's lost control of the economy. He's lost control of his cabinet.
00:20She's sitting there staring at me. She knew exactly what she was doing when she briefed that into the papers.
00:24She is demanding, Mr. Speaker, eight new tax rises, as if we haven't suffered enough.
00:31People out there are struggling. Businesses are struggling. People are losing their jobs.
00:36We cannot have more tax rises. Will the Prime Minister rule out new tax rises this year?
00:44Mr. Speaker, she's not learned or changed.
00:47They lost the election because they're a polling record on the NHS, on health, on prisons, you name it.
00:52And now she accuses everyone of whining about the impact that had on the country.
00:57It had a huge impact on working people across the country, and they're absolutely right to complain about it.
01:02She wants to talk about the Deputy Prime Minister.
01:04The Deputy Prime Minister, working with the Chancellor, building 1.5 million new homes,
01:09reforming our planning system, putting £7 billion into our economy,
01:13and bringing forward an Employment Rights Bill to the single biggest upgrade to workers' rights in a generation.
01:19The Deputy Prime Minister, working with the President of the United States,

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