Rishi Sunak took a swipe at Sir Keir Starmer during today's PMQs, mocking him for his "personal pension plan" that he will receive as a result of his work as the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The Prime Minister joked: "It's literally one law for him and another one for everyone else."
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This came after Starmer asked Sunak to rule out increasing the state pension age to 75.
Starmer said: "Understandably, that will cause some alarm. Will the Prime Minister rule out forcing people to delay their retirement by years and years in order to fulfil his £46 billion black hole."
Rishi Sunak took a swipe at Sir Keir Starmer during today's PMQs
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Sunak said: "I've answered this multiple times. This is the party that has delivered and protected the triple lock. But I know ultimately he's not worried about any of this because we will all remember that he's got his own personal pension plan. We all remember it.
"It comes with its very own special law. It was called the Pension Increase Scheme for Keir Starmer QC.
"It's literally one law for him and another one for everyone else."
The Labour Party has accused the Tories of introducing tax policies that could leave a £46 billion hole in funding, putting the state pension at risk.
This came after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt suggested the Government will look to abolish National Insurance Contributions.
Addressing the PM in the House of Commons, Starmer said: “[Sunak] comes out with all that nonsense but he locks himself in Downing Street bunker, moaning that people aren’t grateful enough to him.
“The reality is Tory MPs are following Tory voters, in concluding that only the Labour Party can deliver the change that the country needs, and I say to those Tory voters, if they believe in a better Britain, then they’re safe with this changed Labour Party.”
He added: “In the two weeks since we last met at this despatch box has the Prime Minister managed to find the money for his completely unfunded £46 billion promise to scrap National Insurance?” replied: “I know that economics is not [Starmer's] strong point but he might do well actually to listen to his Shadow Education Secretary who just this morning said no, that’s not how it works.
“Indeed, the IFS [Institute for Fiscal Studies] have also said the link between National Insurance and public services funding is illusory just like Labour’s economic plans. But it’s crystal clear, there’s one policy that’s going to give tax cuts for working Britain and it’s the Conservative Party.”
Sunak mocked Starmer for his "personal pension plan" that he will receive as a result of his work as the Director of Public Prosecution
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Starmer opened today's PMQs by welcoming Dr Dan Poulter to the Labour benches following his defection from the Conservative Party last week.
The Labour leader told the Commons: “I’d also like to welcome the member for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich to these benches. After nearly two decades as a Tory politician, and an NHS doctor, he’s concluded that if you care about the future of our country and our NHS that it’s time for change. It’s time for this changed Labour Party.
“As of today, he’s our newest Labour MP, but I’m sure he won’t mind me saying that I hope he loses that title on Friday. When a lifelong Tory and doctor says that the only cure for the NHS is a Labour Government isn’t the time the Prime Minister admits he has utterly failed?”
Sunak responded: “I’m glad to actually see [Dr Poulter]. That’s because he recently pointed out that residents of his local Labour Council are and I quote in his words, charged much more in council tax but in return receive lower quality services.
“He’s been wrong about some things recently but on that point, he’s absolutely right and this week, people everywhere should vote Conservative.”
