Tories and Labour Clash on Tax as General Election Battles Intensify

The Tories are fighting on two fronts, trying to take on Labour on tax while clinging onto voters considering shifting their support to Reform UK.

(L) Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a interview at the G7 leaders' summit at the Borgo Egnazia resort, in Puglia, Apulia, Italy, on June 13, 2024. (Christopher Furlong/PA Wire) (R) Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer campaigning in Halesowen in the West Midlands on June 13, 2024. Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

The Tories and Labour have clashed over Sir Keir Starmer’s tax and spending plans as the General Election campaign became increasingly bitter.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt claimed Sir Keir would turn the UK into what he dubbed “taxtopia” while Labour accused the Tories of being “desperate” and having “massive holes” in their own plans.