Keir Starmer Warns Nigel Farage's 'Mad Experiment' Would Ruin Economy Like Liz Truss

Keir Starmer and Nigel FarageKeir Starmer will warn that Nigel Farage’s “fantasy” economics would be just as damaging for the country as Liz Truss’smini-Budget.The prime minister is set to hit out at the Reform UK leader in a speech on Thursday, two days after Farage targeted traditional Labour voters.He described the PM as “unpatriotic” and “out of touch”, while also promising to scrap two of Starmer’s most unpopular policies: the two-child benefit cap and the restrictions on winter fuel payments for pensioners.Farage also pledged to make sure that no one earning less than £20,000 will have to pay any income tax, a policy that the Institute for Fiscal Studies said could cost up to £80 billion.According to the latest YouGov poll, support for Reform UK is at 29%, eight points ahead of Labour and 10 in front of the Conservatives.Delivering a speech at a manufacturing business in the North West, Starmer will say: “In opposition we said Liz Truss would crash the economy and leave you to pick the bill. We were right, and we were elected to fix that mess.“Now in government, we are once again fighting the same fantasy – this time from Nigel Farage.“Farage is making the exact same bet Liz Truss did – that you can spend tens of billions on tax cuts without a proper way of paying for it.“And just like Truss, he is using your family finances, your mortgage, your bills as a gambling chip on his mad experiment. The result will be the same. “Liz Truss bet the house and lost – £45 billion in unfunded tax cuts, with no means to pay for them.“Markets reacted, the economy tanked and we’re all still paying the price for mortgages, rents and bills that spiralled out of control.”Challenged by reporters on how he would pay for his policies, Farage said: “You can argue about numbers adding up. You can probably argue that at no point in the history of any form of government has anybody ever thought their numbers added up.”He added: “We take a fresh approach to everything. I think what I’ve done today is to give you an idea of the direction of policy, of priorities, of what we think is important, what we think it is going to cost and how we think we’re going to pay for it.“I don’t think anybody at this stage, with a general election some years away, could frankly do more than that. And I believe what I have presented today is credible.”Related...Robert Jenrick Suggests Nigel Farage Is On Drugs For Wanting To Scrap Two-Child Benefit Cap'Trussonomics On Steroids': Farage Compared To Failed Tory PM Over 'Unfunded' Reform Spending SpreeNigel Farage Is Voters' Last Choice To Be Prime Minister, Poll Shows

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