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Responding to Keir Starmer’s ‘state of the nation’ speech , John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:
“Taxpayers will be left disheartened and betrayed by Starmer’s speech, which does nothing to help households who are already struggling under a 70 year high tax burden.
“The prime minister talks about ‘fixing the foundations’ and yet is whistling the same old tune of managed decline that has plagued Britain for decades.
“If this new Labour government is genuinely committed to wealth creation as it claims it should avoid hiking the very taxes that so ruthlessly crush economic growth, particularly capital gains tax.”
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Founded in 2004 by Matthew Elliott and Andrew Allum, the TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) campaigns to reform taxes and public services, cut waste and speak up for British taxpayers. Find out more at www.taxpayersalliance.com.
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