Camilla Tominey entered into a heated exchange with Exchequer Secretary James Murray on GB News today, as she told him not to “insult the audience”.
The Office for Budget Responsibility’s assessment showed 60 per cent of the tax hike would be paid for by “working people” despite their promise in the manifesto before they were elected.
Speaking on GB News, Camilla asked: “So the office for Budget Responsibility says that 60 per cent of the National Insurance hike will be passed on to working people.
“So you have taxed working people. You did lie in your manifesto.”
Camilla Tominey grilled James Murray MP on the budget
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Labour MP James Murray responded: “In our manifesto, we were very clear that we wouldn’t increase taxes on working people.
“If working people have look at their payslips that they get after this Budget, they won’t see any increase in income tax or National Insurance.
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“Just specifically the point around employers, National Insurance, we’re not denying the fact that the change to employers, national insurance will have consequences.
“It was a very difficult decision, probably the most tough decision we took in the budget package overall.
“But it’s essential to make sure we fix the foundations, to fix the public finances because that economic stability is crucial.”
Reeves’s decision to raise employers’ national insurance contributions from 13.8 per cent to 15 per cent from April 2025 was one of the major measures in a budget that hiked taxes by about £40billion -the biggest tax rise since 1993.
Camilla pressed the labour MP during their exchange, claiming they were “excusing themselves by using different wording”.
Murray fired back: “No, because the taxes on working people are not going up, taxes on pay slips, National insurance and…”
Camilla interrupted: “Directly you are adversely affecting working people. Please, Mr. Murray, please don’t insult the audience.
Murray pointed out that taxes on payslips are not going up
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“If the OBR is saying that 60 per cent of these costs are being passed onto working people, working people are being indirectly adversely affected by this budget.
“Rachel Reeves herself called a National Insurance employers rate hike in 2021.
“She called it a jobs tax. She said it takes money out of people’s pockets. So what’s changed between 2021 and 2024?”
