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Diane Abbott has compounded a stumbling radio interview with a follow-up television interview in which she appeared not to know how much she would be raising taxes by. | Diane Abbott has compounded a stumbling radio interview with a follow-up television interview in which she appeared not to know how much she would be raising taxes by. |
The shadow home secretary seemed unaware of the rate Labour would be raising capital gains taxes to or from in a follow-up appearance on television this afternoon. | The shadow home secretary seemed unaware of the rate Labour would be raising capital gains taxes to or from in a follow-up appearance on television this afternoon. |
Labour today announced that it would be recruiting 10,000 police officers paid for by reversing cuts to capital gains tax introduced by the Conservatives. | Labour today announced that it would be recruiting 10,000 police officers paid for by reversing cuts to capital gains tax introduced by the Conservatives. |
Ms Abbott, who was sent out to sell the policy, however appeared unaware of its detail in a radio interview on LBC. In one interview she gave estimates of how much the new officers would cost ranging from £300,000 to £80 million. She also made several estimates of the number of officers to be recruited per year, ranging from 25,000 to 250,000. | Ms Abbott, who was sent out to sell the policy, however appeared unaware of its detail in a radio interview on LBC. In one interview she gave estimates of how much the new officers would cost ranging from £300,000 to £80 million. She also made several estimates of the number of officers to be recruited per year, ranging from 25,000 to 250,000. |
Appearing on the BBC’s Daily Politics programme later the same afternoon she defended her performance, telling the presenter: “I did seven interviews this morning. In that seventh interview I misspoke.” | Appearing on the BBC’s Daily Politics programme later the same afternoon she defended her performance, telling the presenter: “I did seven interviews this morning. In that seventh interview I misspoke.” |
But asked repeatedly what the rate of capital gains tax was and what she would be raising it to in order to fund the policy she appeared unable to say. | But asked repeatedly what the rate of capital gains tax was and what she would be raising it to in order to fund the policy she appeared unable to say. |
“We are going to reverse the cuts to capital gains tax in order to fund a number of things including the 10,000 police officers,” she said, when asked specifically about the rate. | “We are going to reverse the cuts to capital gains tax in order to fund a number of things including the 10,000 police officers,” she said, when asked specifically about the rate. |
“We currently have some of the lowest rates of corporation tax in Europe | “We currently have some of the lowest rates of corporation tax in Europe |
Asked again about what the rate was and would be, she said: “We will bring them back to where they were before, that’s the point.” | Asked again about what the rate was and would be, she said: “We will bring them back to where they were before, that’s the point.” |
Asked again she said: “The point is that it will save us nearly £2.7 billion. Tat’s what we’re going to use both to pay for the 10,000 policemen and for other areas of our manifesto.” | Asked again she said: “The point is that it will save us nearly £2.7 billion. Tat’s what we’re going to use both to pay for the 10,000 policemen and for other areas of our manifesto.” |
She concluded: “We will produce a manifesto that is costed and is paid for. | She concluded: “We will produce a manifesto that is costed and is paid for. |
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