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Today in Parliament

29/10/2025

Today in Parliament

BBC

Government

4.4162 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Sean Curran reports on the latest round of Prime Minister's Questions.

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0:06.2

Order. Order.

0:08.7

Hello, I'm Sean Curran, and this is today in Parliament from BBC Radio 4.

0:13.2

For Wednesday, the 29th of October, when the Conservative leader, Kemi Badenock,

0:18.1

challenged the Prime Minister to rule out tax rises in next month's budget.

0:22.8

Labour promised not to increase income tax, not to increase national insurance and not to increase

0:29.6

VAT. Does the Prime Minister still stand by his promises?

0:33.7

Sekeir Stama isn't giving anything away.

0:36.1

Mr Speaker, as she well knows, no Prime Minister or Chancellor will ever set out their plans.

0:41.2

And after the devastating hurricane, a call to repay the people of Jamaica in their time of need.

0:47.9

In the past, they came to help rebuild Britain during the Windrush era.

0:53.2

Britain called they came. But first, how will the

0:56.7

Chancellor Rachel Reeves fill the hole in the public finances when she delivers her second

1:01.9

budget next month? This week, BBC News was told that on Friday, independent forecasters

1:07.9

will downgrade the UK's productivity performance.

1:11.4

That could leave the Chancellor with £20 billion to find.

1:15.7

Rachel Reeves, who's confirmed that she's weighing up tax rises and spending cuts,

1:20.4

was sitting next to Sarkia Stama at Prime Minister's questions,

1:23.5

when the Conservative leader, Kemi Badernock, asked him to repeat one of Labor's election pledges.

1:29.8

Last year, in its manifesto, Labour promised not to increase income tax, not to increase national insurance, and not to increase VAT.

1:40.6

Does the Prime Minister still stand by his promises?

1:43.9

The Prime Minister said he was glad Kemi Biednock was finally talking about the economy,

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