In full: Jeremy Hunt warns about Labour tax rises

Labour would put up taxes “as sure as night follows day”, Jeremy Hunt will warn on Friday as he sets out the Conservatives’ economic pitch ahead of the election. During the address in central London, the Chancellor will accuse Sir Keir Starmer of using “playground politics” to disguise plans to hit families in the pocket so his big spending pledges can be funded. Mr Hunt will point to taxes, jobs and welfare as three clear dividing lines between the Tories and Labour on the economy, and insist that he has a plan to boost growth by cutting taxes, creating jobs and cracking down on benefits. It comes in a week where the Prime Minister fired the starting gun on the election campaign with a speech in which he warned that Labour presented a threat to the future security of the UK. Read more here: #Hunt #Labour #Conservatives Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just