Labour was elected on ‘false promises’, senior Tories claimed last night as Sir Keir Starmer prepares to deliver more doom and gloom tomorrow.
The Prime Minister will use his first major speech since winning power to warn that things in Britain ‘will get worse before they get better’.
Ramping up attacks on the inheritance left by the Tories, he will vow not to ‘shy away from making unpopular decisions’ to restore the country.
The comments will be seen as laying the groundwork for punishing tax hikes this autumn, though Labour sources insisted this was not the case.
The Prime Minister will vow not to ‘shy away from making unpopular decisions’ to restore the country
Shadow home secretary James Cleverly (pictured) said Labour were elected on false promises
Instead, they claimed the speech was about being honest with people that the changes promised by Labour will take time. But top Tories lined up to accuse Sir Keir of not being honest with the British public during the election campaign.
Shadow home secretary James Cleverly said: ‘Labour were elected on false promises. We knew they didn’t mean it when they said they wouldn’t raise taxes.
‘Starmer and Reeves were trying to con people during the campaign and they are trying to con us now about the inheritance.’
Mr Cleverly, a Tory leadership candidate, added: ‘A growing economy and low inflation are being used to pay their union paymasters at the expense of pensioners and working people. This is a betrayal of the British people.’
Dame Priti Patel, also in the running to replace Rishi Sunak, said things would only get worse under Labour.
The former home secretary told the Mail: ‘This nasty Labour Government has taken the winter fuel payment from pensioners and is taxing families and businesses more. They can’t hide their deceitful practices from the British people.
‘The British people know what bad inheritance looks like. In 2010, the Conservatives inherited an economy where the former Chief Secretary to the Treasury said ‘there’s no money left’.
‘This Labour government has taken on a growing economy and falling unemployment thanks to the hard work of the previous Government.
Members of the public are set to be invited to the keynote speech – which will be held in the Downing Street rose garden. (Pictured, Sir Keir Starmer makes his first speech outside Number 10)
Tory chairman Richard Fuller (pictured) said Keir Starmer is trying to mislead the public by fabricating a financial blackhole
‘Things are only going to get worse under Labour as they increase your taxes, bring us back into the EU’s orbit and hand people smugglers a blank cheque to increase illegal migration.’
Tory chairman Richard Fuller added: ‘Sir Keir Starmer should have spent enough time as a lawyer to know the difference between fact and fiction.
‘His fabricated tale of woe just won’t wash. He is desperately trying to mislead the public by fabricating a financial blackhole whilst at the same time handing out £14billion to Labour’s union paymasters without asking for a better deal for taxpayers.
‘In the election he claimed his would be a Government of service, but the only people he is in service to so far seem to be his union paymasters.’
Since taking power in July, Labour has been accused of caving into the union barons by agreeing huge wage deals – while cutting winter fuel payments for ten million pensioners.
Members of the public are set to be invited to the keynote speech – which will be held in the Downing Street rose garden.
The PM will say: ‘We have inherited not just an economic black hole but a societal black hole. And that is why we have to take action and do things differently.
‘Part of that is being honest with people – about the choices we face. And how tough this will be. Frankly – things will get worse before we get better.’
He is expected to develop that line of attack, saying things are ‘worse than we ever imagined’.
