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Labour party vows to reverse Tory tax cuts
Labour has kicked off its annual party conference in Liverpool weighing in on the government’s mini-budget and calling plans to cut taxes as ‘immoral’ saying it would only benefit the wealthy. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he would reinstate the 45 per cent tax rate for higher earners but keep the cut to the…
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How the tax cuts will affect those struggling at the very bottom
This Government is on the side of the British people, the Chancellor said today.
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Tory tax cuts package ‘reckless’, says shadow chancellor
We’re joined by Shadow Chancellor, Labour’s Rachel Reeves.
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Tax cuts will not add to inflation pressure, Chief Secretary to the Treasury says
We spoke to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Chris Philp, and began by showing him a graph which showed sterling dropping in reaction to the statement.
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Government announces biggest tax cuts in 50 years
Don’t call it a budget – but it is the biggest budget intervention we’ve seen in decades, largely at odds with what twelve years of Conservative Chancellors have told us.
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Permanent tax cuts will not be permanent, says IFS director
We spoke to the economist Gerard Lyons, who is close to the Liz Truss camp, and Paul Johnson who is the Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham calls for government action after Avanti West Coast cuts rail services
His criticism came after last night’s resignation of Avanti’s Managing Director.
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Do tax cuts fuel inflation?
Patrick Minford is professor of applied economics at Cardiff University and a former advisor to Margaret Thatcher.
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‘Permanent, unfunded tax cuts’ would make life worse for people, says Tory MP
We spoke to Conservative MP Mark Harper, a supporter of Rishi Sunak.
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Russia cuts Nordstream gas supply to Europe
Gas prices in Europe have spiked upwards today after Russia said it was cutting back gas supplies through a key pipeline into Germany.
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Tory leadership race: Rishi Sunak says plans for immediate tax cuts are ‘immoral’
The former Chancellor Rishi Sunak has claimed he’s the underdog in the Tory leadership race – saying that the “forces that be” are backing his rival Liz Truss.
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Rishi Sunak won’t make unfunded tax cuts as part of campaign, says supporter John Glen MP
We were joined by John Glen, Conservative MP for Salisbury and a backer of Rishi Sunak for the Conservative leadership.
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Tax cuts aren’t affordable in the long run, says IFS Director
We spoke to Paul Johnson, the Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, which studies taxing and spending. We asked if tax cuts are affordable or is Rishi Sunak right that it’s a fiscal fairytale.
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‘Death of a thousand cuts’: David Davis warns political scandals will ‘taint’ whole government
We spoke to the former Brexit secretary David Davis. We put it to him that it looks as if the prime minister might be beginning to understand the game is up – but what needs to happen?
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Cost of living crisis: The households facing benefit cuts over unexplained overpayments
Millions of the country’s lowest income households are going without food or other essentials because they don’t have enough money to make ends meet – that’s according to debt advice charity StepChange whose data has been shared exclusively with this programme.