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Huffington Post // World

Badenoch's Attack On Council Tax Rises Backfires As Starmer Gives Her 1 Important Reminder

Wednesday 2nd April 2025, 12:15PM


Keir Starmer called out Kemi Badenoch today over her past role as "minister for council tax"Keir Starmer dismissed Kemi Badenoch’s attempt to slam council tax rises by reminding the Tory leader about her ministerial past.At PMQs, Badenoch accused the prime minister of going back on his promise to freeze the charge, which is going up for millions of householders from this week.But the prime minister quickly reminded the leader of the opposition how it had also gone up when she was “minister of council tax”.He also claimed the government had stepped in to stop Tory-run councils from putting the tax up by even more.Opening her attack, Badenoch said: “Before the election, he pledged to freeze council tax, instead, it is going up everywhere – even in Birmingham, where there is

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