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Saying that CT taxes are required is the first step to accepting that austerity is required
I'm not entirely sure I follow. Even if correct (it's all a part of the Tory long game to reintroduce austerity), how does Labour opposing that increase prevent a return of austerity? That is, an increase in CT was progressive and anti-austerity when Starmer came out for it in the past. How have the material realities of that position changed due to a hypothetical ideological plan by the Tories?
I think more importantly, though, if that is indeed the reason for opposition to an increase in CT, why not say it explicitly and clearly? Why be ambiguous and send Nandy out to talk about "businesses in towns like mine" not having the money? Instead, layout the logic of the position.
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An interesting take on the corporation tax increases from Ian Dunt
https://www.politics.co.uk/week-in-review/2021/02/26/week-in-review-labour-right-to-resist-a-rise-in-corporation-tax/
tl:dr Saying that CT tax increases are required is the first step to accepting that austerity is required