By City AM reporter Sir Keir Starmer has denied misleading the public at the general election over tax plans after he suggested people who make money from shares and property could face greater levies. The Prime Minister rejected claims he was waging a “war on middle Britain” amid pre-Budget speculation he could increase the burden for those who have income from assets. Labour had pledged in its manifesto to not hike taxes on what it described as “working people,” explicitly ruling out increases to VAT, national insurance, and income tax. But asked to define the term during a broadcast intervi…