Keir Starmer leaves the door open to introducing a capital gains tax on family homes

Sir Keir muddied the waters by again refusing to rule out a wider increase in capital gains tax Credit: BBC/Geoff Overs

Labour's tax position was in chaos on Friday night after Sir Keir Starmer left the door open to introducing a capital gains tax on family homes, despite the party representative ruled this out.

The Tories spent Friday pressuring Labor to deny introducing the policy if it wins the general election, after Angela Rayner failed to do so when challenged by Penny Mordaunt in an ITV debate on Thursday.

< p>Currently people selling their main homes do not pay capital gains tax due to the private homeowners' relief. The Tories have vowed not to change the rules and called on Labor to follow suit.

During Thursday's debate, Ms Mordaunt, the leader of the House of Commons, insisted on no changes, but Ms Rayner, Labour's deputy leader, did not of this.

On Friday afternoon, after more than a week of refusing to openly deny such a possibility, the Labor Party changed its position, promising that there would be no changes if it won the election.

p>The Labor spokesman said: “No. Labor will not introduce capital gains taxes on primary homes. This is a bad idea.”

“Conservatives lie. It is a sign of utter desperation that the Tories talk about things they have imagined and Labor don't.»