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The debate last night
C4 made the debate about trust. It would have been more useful if it was a debate about how we get out of the cost of living crisis, how we tackle public service reform and how we earn our livings in a divided and dangerous world.
Tom Tugendhat had an advantage...Read More »
Questions for candidate Prime Ministers
This week-end is crunch weekend for the five survivors in the race to No 10. The candidates who have answered many MP questions in private rooms now go public and answer questions from the press and public. Here are some of the things people need to know from them –
- Why...Read More »
Mr Sunak does want to raise company tax by 31%
The bloggers who come here to criticise everything I say attacked me for not saying Corporation tax will go up by 6% on Mr Sunak’s plans.
If a company earns a profit of £100 it currently pays £19 tax.
Under Mr Sunak’s plan the company would pay £25 tax.
The tax bill has...Read More »
Even the Office of Budget Responsibility sees a case for tax cuts
After two years of demanding the biggest set of tax rises in recent U.K. history the Office of Budget Responsibility this week conceded their policies will slow the economy. Accepting this could go too far they reluctantly accepted there is a case for tax cuts to ease the squeeze!
Why has...Read More »
My intervention during the debate on the Restoration and Renewal for the Palace of Westminster
Rt Hon Sir John Redwood MP (Wokingham) (Con): Do we not also need some common sense and realism? Surely the priority is to do those works that are essential to the safety of the building and its occupants. We have to understand the mood of the times and say to the experts...Read More »