A fact checker has said that the Conservative Party's claim that Labour policies would result in a £2,000 tax hike on working families has been denounced as ‘unreliable and based on multiple assumptions’. The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, made the claim multiple times during last night's ITV debate with Sir Keir Starmer, saying the assessment was 'independent'. But the Labour leader , after initially being hesitant, denounced the figure as 'nonsense' and 'garbage'.
Now, Full Fact has urged the Tories to correct the record. Chris Morris, Chief Executive of Full Fact said: “It's clearly unacceptable to present your own analysis as the conclusions of independent civil servants when it's not. Public trust in politics is hanging by a thread and a high-profile falsehood will turn even more people away from the democratic process.
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