that these tax cuts would be paid for by cracking down on tax avoidance and cutting welfare by £12billion a year by the end of the next parliament – but it’s not clear which areas will suffer as a result.
Trott replied: “Well, the prime minister made a speech before the election campaign setting out our clear plan to do that, and that will raise £12billion.”Truss, Sunak’s predecessor, famously sent the markets into free fall when she unveiled £45billion worth of unfunded tax cuts with her“That’s a term of abuse now?” Gibbon asked.
She ignored that, and pressed on by saying the prime minister had set out how these cuts were going to work in the past.Not even hiding it. Shamelessly saying they will cut taxes and fund that by making the poorest and most in need people in our society, poorer and more in need. How can this be anything other than…Sunak has said he wants to tighten sickness benefit rules and stop the number of people dropping out of the workforce – something he described as a “moral mission”.
He has promised there would be an increase to mental health services, tougher assessments of people’s working abilities and stricter rules on those who do not want to take on appropriate jobs.What Happened To Brexit? How 1 Word Has Disappeared From This Year's Election CampaignsSign up and we will email you daily with the best of our political and news coverage while also giving you a taste of our most-popular lifestyle, opinion and personal blogs.