Starmer accuses Sunak of ‘Jeremy Corbyn-style’ manifesto

Mr Sunak’s pledges include a new Help to Buy scheme to support first time buyers to purchase a home and a 2p cut in employee National Insurance.

Asked if he would match the Conservatives’ National Insurance tax cut, Sir Keir said the “money’s not there”.

He accused the Conservatives of using a promise to tackle tax avoidance to fund “at least four different propositions” adding: “That’s why I say it’s a Jeremy Corbyn-style manifesto.”

Mr Corbyn’s manifesto for the 2019 general election was a wide-ranging and ambitious proposal, including promises of free broadband for all and nationalisation of energy firms and the water industry.

Mr Corbyn has previously said Sir Keir should not “diss the past or diss his involvement in it”.

As well as comparing Mr Sunak to Jeremy Corbyn, Sir Keir also accused the prime minister of pursuing a similar approach to his predecessor Liz Truss.

He warned that “unfunded” commitments could crash the economy and that “if you lose control of the economy it’s working people who pay the price.”

The Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper said the Conservative manifesto wasn’t “worth the paper it’s printed on”.

“No one will believe anything they’re promising today,” she said.