Labour is basing tomorrow’s Budget on a group of people it cannot even define, Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg said. 

The Tory former business secretary criticised ministers for their repeated failure to provide a firm definition of “working people”. 

His comments came after Sir Keir Starmer said in a speech yesterday that working people “know exactly who they are”. 

The party promised in its manifesto: “Labour will not increase taxes on working people, which is why we will not increase National Insurance, the basic, higher, or additional rates of Income Tax, or VAT.”

Sir Jacob told GB News: “The Government is going to base its Budget on a group of people whom it cannot define. I rather like this idea of self-defining. If you define as a working person, then surely you can’t be taxed.”

He added: “So it seems that Labour has broken more of its promises, and workers, strivers and entrepreneurs will all be hit.”

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