Recent Speeches and Appearances

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.

One of the principal costs of running a motor vehicle is the fuel in the tank.

I am being asked to conclude, so I think I need to do that.

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

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

What I think will be absolutely outrageous is the taxpayer having to pick up the bill for a future Labour Government.

I thought I had already covered this point, but the reality is that the tax burden has had to go up to pay for all the support we provided a