Left-wingers accuse Keir Starmer of breaking nationalisation vow

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : today flatly refused to apologise for branding Tory ministers 'racist, homophobic, scum' - saying she was just using 'street language'Starmer defends taxing private schools £1.7billion to raise cash for state sector
64% : The Labour leader said that 'for a long time we have known there is a problem' and it was 'predicted' the situation would get worse after Brexit.
57% : In an interview in the Sunday Times, Ms Reeves seemed to give a strong commitment on income tax.
51% : Sir Keir defended his plans - inherited from the Corbyn era - to remove charitable status from private schools, leaving them liable to VAT.
49% : He tried to get back on track today by re-announcing plans to tax private schools to boost the state sector, and also made a bold call for the government to grant 100,000 foreign drivers visas to solve the fuel and food crisis.
49% : Sir Keir Starmer has defended plans to force private schools to start paying tax in order to raise £1.7billion for state schools if Labour wins the next election.
49% : She also said Labour wants to target 'people who get their incomes through stocks and shares and buy-to-let properties', as well as stopping people paying capital gains tax at 28 per cent rather than at the same rate as income tax.
48% : 'I don't have any plans to increase the rates of income tax,' she said, adding: 'I do think that people who get their income through wealth should have to pay more.'
45% : Told that Ms Reeves had struck a different tone, the leader said: 'What Rachel Reeves said is she's not currently considering income tax and that is fine, but what I'm saying is as we go into the election we will apply the principles we have set out to the situation as it arises.
44% : But challenged on the income tax commitment, Sir Keir told the Marr show: 'We're looking at tax.
38% : Meanwhile, Sir Keir also appeared deeply frustrated when asked about Rachel Reeves insisting that she had no intention of increasing income tax. '
38% : Meanwhile, Sir Keir also appeared deeply frustrated when asked about Rachel Reeves insisting that she had no intention of increasing income tax. '
32% : 'What we don't want to do - whether it's income tax or any other sort of tax, national insurance - is unfairly to hit working families, which is what this Government is doing.'
31% : It was another setback for Sir Keir after he rebuked Angela Rayner for branding Tory ministers 'racist, homophobic, scum' - and slapped down his shadow chancellor for suggesting income tax will not rise.
30% : Labour conference is already at risk of going into meltdown today as Keir Starmer rebuked Angela Rayner for branding Tory ministers 'racist, homophobic, scum' - and slapped down his shadow chancellor for suggesting income tax will not rise.

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