Impending tax rises have been criticised by GB News star Eamonn Holmes, who has issued a plea to the Labour Government.
Rachel Reeves is poised to increase employers’ National Insurance in her first Budget today, but has promised not to hit ‘working people’.
Speaking on The People’s Channel, Eamonn said people are already “taxed to the hilt” as he lashed out at expected increases.
“The trouble with politicians is, they have no business experience”, he said.
Eamonn spoke to a dairy farmer and a pensioner on GB News
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“It’s all idealism and ‘this could happen, that could happen’, leave people alone. People are taxed to the hilt anyway.
“Leave them alone. Create wealth if you want to make the country better off. These politicians can act intelligent sincere but they don’t have the drive, they don’t have the initiative.
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Sam Hanna and Derek Brown spoke about their concerns
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“They’re just not good enough. All of them.”
Eamonn’s remarks came after speaking to dairy farmer Sam Hanna, who said money raised via tax raids is often spent in an inefficient manner, which adds insult to injury.
“The private sector is subsidising the public”, he said.
“It’s spent inefficiently in banks, schools and hospitals, they’re being crippled by inefficiency.
Rachel Reeves has asserted that 'tough decisions' will need to be made at the BudgetGB NEWS“If they were running a business, it would be different.”
Reeves is widely expected to increase employers’ National Insurance today in a move which could raise almost £17bn each year.
Employers currently pay 13.8 per cent tax on employees’ income above £9,100 each year.
Labour say the increase is not a tax on workers and will help plug a £22bn ‘black hole’ in the UK’s public finances, which they say was left over by the previous Tory Government.
Speaking on Friday, Reeves said: “It’s not possible to close the gap in our public finances without having to make difficult decisions.
“I’m making the choice to not increase the key taxes that working people pay.”
