Labour MP Barry Gardiner was left fuming during a heated debate with Reform UK's Richard Tice on GB News when the audience broke into applause for Tice's economic arguments.
The fiery exchange saw Tice advocating for domestic energy use and tax threshold changes to stimulate economic growth.
During the debate, Tice argued for raising income tax thresholds to incentivise work.
"The threshold at which you pay income tax has been frozen for so many years. And that's why you've got to lift that threshold so that going to work pays," Tice stated.
He referenced Reform UK's election pledge to raise the threshold from £12,500 to £20,000.
Gardiner countered this proposal, claiming it would "reduce the money coming into the public purse by £9.75billion a year."
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"Where are you going to get it from? You're going to have to borrow," Gardiner challenged.
Tice responded firmly: "No, I'm going to scrap net zero and save £30billion."
The energy debate intensified when Tice claimed energy bills had risen by £280, approximately 18 per cent, since the election.
When Tice advocated for domestic oil and gas use, the audience erupted in applause.
Gardiner fumed: "Right. Okay. You're all clapping him because he's talking about our oil and our gas. Right? But it's not... it's not our oil or gas.
"It's sold on the international markets. It doesn't come into the UK, it is subsidised in this country by you and me, because Rishi Sunak introduced a 130 per cent tax super tax deductible.
"Guess who pays for it? Not Shell, not Seven, but actually you and me. We give them 30 per cent on top. That's the subsidy that you and I are giving to the international companies. They make the money.
Barry Gardiner: "This is what I've got against you guys, Richard, because you guys, you're all super wealthy, you've made all your millions, and yet you're telling the poorest people in our society, you know why you're poor?
"You're poor because there are people who are even poorer than you are in the rest of the world and the immigrants coming into this country."
He added: "And you get the poor to blame the people who are even poorer."
Tice dismissed this characterisation, returning to his energy argument about untapped domestic resources.
"Treasure under our feet. Oil and gas. We as taxpayers, we all own it," Tice insisted.
He called it "negligent to leave that asset in the ground rather than to extract it".
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The fiery exchange saw Tice advocating for domestic energy use and tax threshold changes to stimulate economic growth.
During the debate, Tice argued for raising income tax thresholds to incentivise work.
"The threshold at which you pay income tax has been frozen for so many years. And that's why you've got to lift that threshold so that going to work pays," Tice stated.
He referenced Reform UK's election pledge to raise the threshold from £12,500 to £20,000.
Gardiner countered this proposal, claiming it would "reduce the money coming into the public purse by £9.75billion a year."
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"Where are you going to get it from? You're going to have to borrow," Gardiner challenged.
Tice responded firmly: "No, I'm going to scrap net zero and save £30billion."
The energy debate intensified when Tice claimed energy bills had risen by £280, approximately 18 per cent, since the election.
When Tice advocated for domestic oil and gas use, the audience erupted in applause.
Gardiner fumed: "Right. Okay. You're all clapping him because he's talking about our oil and our gas. Right? But it's not... it's not our oil or gas.
"It's sold on the international markets. It doesn't come into the UK, it is subsidised in this country by you and me, because Rishi Sunak introduced a 130 per cent tax super tax deductible.
"Guess who pays for it? Not Shell, not Seven, but actually you and me. We give them 30 per cent on top. That's the subsidy that you and I are giving to the international companies. They make the money.
Barry Gardiner: "This is what I've got against you guys, Richard, because you guys, you're all super wealthy, you've made all your millions, and yet you're telling the poorest people in our society, you know why you're poor?
"You're poor because there are people who are even poorer than you are in the rest of the world and the immigrants coming into this country."
He added: "And you get the poor to blame the people who are even poorer."
Tice dismissed this characterisation, returning to his energy argument about untapped domestic resources.
"Treasure under our feet. Oil and gas. We as taxpayers, we all own it," Tice insisted.
He called it "negligent to leave that asset in the ground rather than to extract it".
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