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But the Treasury themselves have insisted that “any interpretations and assumptions are made and set by ministers and special advisers, ensuring the role of officials is limited to providing factual information”.She eplied: “This is a figure which has come up by Treasury officials, so those are independent, impartial civil servants and what they’ve done is very simple.
“They’ve added up the costs of the policies that the Labour Party have said that they want to put in place in the next parliament, and the figure that that comes out with is an extra £2,000 worth of taxes for working families.”Liz Kendall then said: “Victoria, you put rubbish in, you get rubbish out, and that’s what this is.”But Derbyshire then said: “I’m going to pull you up on that - they’re not independent, they’re not impartial.
“The assumptions on which the calculations are based have been made by Tory special advisers. They’re political appointees and that is misleading to voters and therefore very disrespectful.”challenges Tory Claire Coutinho on the PM’s claim independent Treasury analysis found Starmer’s policies would increase taxes by £2,000.However, the figure was shared widely on the Conservatives’ social media channels and has received widespread coverage in this morning’s newspapers.
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