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This is a global player original podcast. Last year, in its manifesto, Labour promised not to increase income tax, not to increase national insurance, and not to increase VAT.

Does the Prime Minister still stand by his promises?

Well, Mr. Speaker, I'm glad that the Leader of the opposition is now finally talking about the economy.

I can update the House, Mr. Speaker. Retail sales are higher than expected.

Inflation is lower than expected. Growth has been upgraded this year.

And Mr. Speaker, the UK stock market is at all-time high.

The budget is on the 26th of November and we will lay out our plans.

But I can tell the House now that we will build a stronger

economy. We will cut NHS waiting list and deliver a better future for our country.

The noticeable thing there, Kirsteuma, doesn't answer the question, even though before he has

been absolutely definitive. The manifesto stands. Are we heading for the mother of

all political U-turns in the budget which is to come where Kirstama and Rachel Reeves go back

on everything they said about income tax, national insurance and VAT? And if they do, what does it

mean for them? What does it mean for us?

Welcome to the news agents.

The news agents. It's John. It's Lewis. And Kirstama was at Prime Minister's questions today.

And the question from Kemi Badernacht, I think, was quite

predictable that she would go on tax because there have been so many kites flown from the Treasury

in the past couple of weeks about what taxes might go up and what the government might do to

raise revenue, that it was obvious that the question over the manifesto commitments would be central because

the easiest thing to do would be to raise income tax. But as you said, Lewis, it would be

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