Control the controllables. So provide assistance, ease the pain, reverse the tax hikes, explain why – and focus on a pro-growth strategy.
When it comes to helping working people, a tax cut to hand would be the cancellation of the Health and Social Care Levy.
One can be confident that arguments to the contrary are the sort of defeatist doom-mongering up with which Johnson will not put.
Polls show they’re more in favour of lower taxes than professionals and believe that much of Government spending is wasted.
We are the party of mobility and enterprise. But we are also the party of community and belonging. What is it to be – roots or wings?
There should be a growth target to complement the inflation target – to drive government departments to take actions that will promote more UK activity and jobs.
Without it, we won’t be able to have better public services, less debt and lower deficits, or a fairer deal for younger people.
But almost twice as many are ‘very dissatisfied’ as ‘very satisfied’ and one fifth undecided, leaving plenty of scope for a backlash.
Yesterday the Chancellor answered questions from a live audience on the process of putting together his latest policies.
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How do you hugely increase public spending and cut taxes without borrowing? Sunak has until the election to find a way.
The mission is to create an economy that works for everyone, while protecting people from factors out of their control.
To appreciate the full wonder of this Budget it is necessary, as the Chancellor said, to be an optimist.
“Today’s Budget does not draw a line under Covid – we have challenging months ahead”, he adds.
The amendment doesn’t require more spending – just regular estimates of the staff that should be trained in each speciality.