Rishi Sunak hit back at Sir Keir Starmer with a maths jibe as the pair clashed during Prime Minister’s Questions today.
The Labour leader focused on the NHS during his questions to the Prime Minister.
Sir Keir questioned where the funding will come from for the Tories’ NHS workforce plan and said Labour’s proposals would be paid for by axing the non-dom tax status.
But Mr Sunak accused him of using the plan to fund five different pledges.
Sir Keir said: “In that burst of nonsense what you didn’t hear was a single word about how he was going to be paying for it.
“Labour’s NHS workforce plan is fully funded by scrapping the non-dom status that he so adores.
“The non-dom tax thing as he calls it that allows some of the wealthiest people in the country to avoid paying tax here.
“Is that loophole so important to him that he’d rather have billions in unfunded promises than simply making billionaires pay what they owe?”
Mr Sunak replied: “The same policy that has paid I think for five different things at this point.
“Everybody knows that I’m a fan of doing maths to 18, but he makes a very strong case for doing maths all the way to 61 quite frankly.”
The Commons erupted with loud cheers from the Tory benches following the PM’s quip.
Sir Keir then hit back: “If he’s so good at maths he’d know I am 60, not 61.”
