The Peter McCormack Show9 Des 2025

PMQs #002 - Labour's Budget: Another Tax Raid on Working People

Labour's second budget is here and it's another full-blown tax raid. They've hit workers again, squeezed savers again, blown up the welfare bill again and still delivered nothing for business, growth or the people who actually drive the economy.

If you earn, save, build or invest, Labour just came back for round two: punishing work, killing incentives and pushing the UK deeper into decline.

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TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 – Budget Day Introduction 03:07 – Rachel Reeves Big Day 06:25 – What Labour Did in Their First Budget 10:00 – Breaking Manifesto Pledges 14:14 – Inflation: Why the Poor Get Poorer 16:09 – Record Borrowing - £370m per Day 20:00 – Destructive Budget Delays 23:03 – Keir Starmer is a Wet Wipe 31:00 – Post-Budget Reaction ("Trojan horse?") 37:21 – The Authoritarian Budget 47:40 – Kemi's Takedown 54:48 – Viewer Questions

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