Recent Speeches and Appearances

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. The right hon. Lady commenced her remarks by saying much about where Labour is on tax.

Let me talk about the general point that the right hon. Member for Leeds West (Rachel Reeves) made about the tax burden.

It is an entirely disingenuous statement to say that there is any such unfunded commitment.

There is no immediate Government approach to merging income tax and national insurance, and I rather put that in the category of those comme

My point is that the externalities that I referred to, such as covid and the war between Ukraine and Russia, have impacted economies around

My point clearly remains that growth is a function of both the size of the population and the level of productivity.

You are thinking of the national minimum wage.

Six months is a meaningful period of time. Inflation is coming down.

I have been very generous with my time, but how can I say no? I must then make some progress.

I will not get into the weeds of the issue that the hon.