David Lammy says question is ‘not a yes or no answer’
Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy joined Sophie Raworth on her Sunday morning show to discuss the current climate surrounding the rise in taxes and cost of living. When pressed by Raworth, Lammy snapped back and revealed that the answers she was reaching for weren't a case of "yes or no".
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Whilst talking about the plans in place to support the public with the rise in the cost of living, Raworth asked: "Given that this could go on for a long time.
"Is your position to subsidise people's energy bills for as long as it goes on?"
Lammy explained: "Sophie, look, I think it is right to say that the labour party is very concerned about the cost of living.
"It is very concerned about getting targeted support to those who need it, we will look and see, of course, where we are in a year's time.
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"But of course, you can tell our emphasis is to support people through very, very tough times indeed.
"We recognise that people are also seeing a tax rise under this government with the tax burden going up, bigger than it has been for decades.
"At the same time, the poorest saw Universal Credit cut. We have raised all of those issues because we are hugely concerned about the pay that is out there in the general public."
Wanting to get a straight answer from Lammy, Sophie pressed: "My point is, this could be open-ended.
"These prices could keep going up and up, and we don't know when energy prices are going to come down.