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The former immigration minister, currently the bookmakers’ favourite to become leader, will take part in a Q&A at the Tory party conference todayQ: Do you accept claims from groups like the Resolution Foundation that any party would find it hard to cut tax now?Hunt says cutting taxes would be a challenge. But he says countries with lower tax have higher growth.My worry about the last 12 weeks is Labour have got themselves so badly burnt with the mess they’ve got into over winter fuel allowance that welfare reform will now become untouchable for them.If they worried about a battle with the Labour party on benefits paid to pensioners, including wealthier pensioners, you can imagine what a challenge it would be to cut the bill for working-age disabled people, which is due to increase by £25bn a year over the next five years. It’s a huge, huge increase. Continue reading...
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The former immigration minister, currently the bookmakers’ favourite to become leader, will take part in a Q&A at the Tory party conference today
Q: Do you accept claims from groups like the Resolution Foundation that any party would find it hard to cut tax now?
Hunt says cutting taxes would be a challenge. But he says countries with lower tax have higher growth.
My worry about the last 12 weeks is Labour have got themselves so badly burnt with the mess they’ve got into over winter fuel allowance that welfare reform will now become untouchable for them.
If they worried about a battle with the Labour party on benefits paid to pensioners, including wealthier pensioners, you can imagine what a challenge it would be to cut the bill for working-age disabled people, which is due to increase by £25bn a year over the next five years. It’s a huge, huge increase.
Continue reading...
