Keir Starmer’s wrong, we are working people! Furious landlords, savers and self-employed people slam the Labour PM after he suggested they don’t count and will be battered by taxes [Video]

08:27 EDT 25 Oct 2024, updated 14:53 EDT 25 Oct 2024

Landlords in Britain labelled Sir Keir Stamer ‘insulting’ and ‘out of touch’ today after he suggested they do not count as ‘working people’ ahead of the Budget.

The Government has been asked repeatedly to define the term ‘working people’ in a bid to establish which taxes Chancellor Rachel Reeves could hike next Wednesday.

Now, the Prime Minister suggested those with assets are not ‘working people’ and it is expected they will be targeted by the biggest tax hikes in three decades. 

He has already ruled out putting up income tax, employee National Insurance and VAT, leaving Ms Reeves to target areas such as capital gains and inheritance tax.

Speaking at the Commonwealth summit in Samoa, Sir Keir said a ‘working person’ is somebody who ‘goes out and earns their living, usually paid in a sort of monthly cheque’ but they did not have the ability to ‘write a cheque …