Angela Rayner and Penny Mordaunt were bothmocked by the BBC debate audience tonight after an angry shouting match over tax.
The Labour deputy leader and Tory Commons leader clashed over the Conservatives’ controversial claim that a Labour government would add £2,000 to a family’s annual tax bill.
Ms Rayner tore into her Tory counterpart, saying the claims were ‘lies’ as Ms Mordaunt ploughed on.
The row went on for some time, prompting SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn to ask: ‘Can we have a shot?’
When host Mishal Husain managed to get them to stop she went to Green co-leader Carla Denyer, who got laugher and applause when she dryly said: ‘Well that was terribly dignified.”
+2
View gallery
The Labour deputy leader and Tory Commons leader clashed over the Conservatives ‘ controversial claim that a Labour government would add £2,000 to a family’s annual tax bill.
+2
View gallery
When host Mishal Husain managed to get them to stop she went to Green co-leader Carla Denyer, who got laugher and applause when she dryly said: ‘Well that was dignified.’
Angela Rayner received applause from the audience at the BBC debate as she clashed with Penny Mordaunt over NHS waiting lists and claimed Liz Truss ‘crashed’ the economy.
On reducing healthcare waiting lists, Ms Mordaunt said: ‘There are many things we need to do, but there are two really important things.
‘We have to keep the budget strong. We need a strong economy.’
She continued: ‘Labour’s plans to tax your future pension, senior nurses and doctors, is going to get healthcare professionals to leave the service. That is going to lead to more waiting lists.’
Ms Rayner responded: ‘Penny, that’s rubbish and you’ve just said we need a strong economy – you backed Liz Truss and crashed our economy.’
The studio audience applauded as Ms Rayner added: ‘You made people like me redundant when we were in the homecare service.’
They also clashed over Labour plans for a publicly owned energy firm, Great British Energy. Ms Mordaunt joked: ‘GB Energy – do you know what the GB stands for? Giant bills.’
Ms Mordaunt later told the BBC debate audience: ‘Immigration is too high.’
On reducing immigration, she said: ‘The best way to do this is to get Parliament – your parliament, elected by you – to have an annual cap. What that will do is take into account the economic needs, the needs of the workforce, but also the pressures that immigration puts on communities.’
Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner replied: ‘The problems with housing, the roads and the GPs and public services is decimation the Tories have done to our public services.’
Ms Mordaunt interjected: ‘Your leader (Sir Keir Starmer) campaigned for free movement.’
Ms Rayner continued: ‘We would scrap the Rwanda scheme. We would put that money into a Border Force Command which would be able to smash the gangs because we need to do that.
‘And 14 years of the Conservatives, they’re relying on overseas to fill our skills shortages because we haven’t got an industrial and skills strategy.’
In the background, Ms Mordaunt said: ‘We’ve got one in place.’
VIDEO
News
Sinitta SH0CKS Loose Women panel with X-R@T3D comment about new BOYFRIEND
Sinitta stunned the Loose Women panel today when she opened up about her new relationship. The Toy Boy star, 60, who used to date media mogul Simon Cowell, has been single for 10 years, but is now delighted with her new man, who…
FATHER CAUSES FURY Tommy Fury’s dad John made CRUEL comment about Molly-Mae and DEFENDED his son during the couple’s SH0CK SPLIT
TOMMY Fury’s dad John once made a cruel comment about Molly-Mae “not being a wife” – appearing to predict the couple would split YEARS before they broke up. The influencer, 25, ended her five-year relationship after being sent an upsetting video of…
MAE DAY Molly-Mae accused of ‘FAKING HOLIDAY’ with Tommy Fury before SPLIT as fans spot TWO HUGE CLUES
MOLLY-MAE’s fans shared a wild theory she faked a holiday with Tommy Fury before their split. The former Love Island stars, both 25, split last week after five years together. Your info will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy…
MOVING ON Molly-Mae Hague’s ‘ULTIMATE REVENGE’ on Tommy Fury with new MONEY-SPINNING move in America
Determined Molly Mae Hague is poised to deliver the ultimate knockout blow to dumped Tommy Fury by conquering America. Boxer Tommy, 25, was embarrassingly denied entry to the States last year for a fight after American authorities refused an entry visa after background…
Katie Price’s children ‘ANGRY’ as mum becomes a ‘LAUGHING STOCK’ over new surgery
Katie Price’s children have urged her to stop after she underwent her latest £10,000 facelift. The former glamour model is no stranger to plastic surgery but it’s reported her children want to put a stop to her mum’s desire to…
EXCLUSIVE: Molly-Mae HUMILIATED Tommy Fury, then played the VICTIM, Trust me, there’s more to this SPLIT than meets the eye…
After Molly-Mae Hague’s shock Instagram announcement that her five-year relationship with Tommy Fury was over amid rumours of his infidelity, her eight million fans were so distraught that some said they were ‘actually sobbing’ over the death of the fairytale….
End of content
No more pages to load