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Huffington Post // World

'Don't Dance Around This Question': Nick Ferrari Slams Minister Over What A Working Person Is

Friday 25th October 2024, 8:22AM

Nick Ferrari clashed with James Murray on LBC.LBC presenter Nick Ferrari threatened to “terminate” his interview with a government minister as the pair clashed over the definition of a working person.Labour’s election manifesto pledged not to put up taxes on “working people”, but senior party figures have repeatedly struggled to say what that actually means.Prime minister Keir Starmer suggested in a Sky News interview last night that it did not include people who make money from shares or property, such as landlords.However, No.10 later clarified that people with small shareholdings could still be working people.On LBC this morning, Ferrari asked Treasury minister James Murray: “What is a working person?”The minister replied: “A working person is someone who earns their income from going out to work, and we’re very clear about the importance of protecting working people, which is why we made the promise in our manifesto about the rates around income tax, National Insurance and VAT.”The presenter then asked: “Is a landlord a working pe

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