Michael Gove and Andrea Leadsom are the latest Tory MPs to say they will not be standing at the upcoming general election
Saturday’s campaigning is expected to centre on the economy, with Keir Starmer focusing on the cost-of-living crisis and Jeremy Hunt signalling support for tax breaks for high earners.
The chancellor indicated the Conservatives would seek to end the impact of tapering of personal allowances on larger incomes, were they to be reelected, while his opposite number Rachel Reeves vowed to deliver financial stability with a Thatcher-style commitment to “sound money”.
If you look at the distortions in the tax system between £50,000 and £125,000, they are bad economically because they disincentivise people from doing what we need, which is to work, work harder. And we are the party of hard work.
Back in the 1980s, Margaret Thatcher proclaimed that the Conservatives were the party of sound money. But three decades on from when she left office, it was the Conservatives who crashed the economy, put pensions in peril and sent the average monthly mortgage repayments up by £240 a month.
I will never play fast and loose with your money… I believe in sound money and public spending that is kept under control.
Continue reading…Michael Gove and Andrea Leadsom are the latest Tory MPs to say they will not be standing at the upcoming general electionSaturday’s campaigning is expected to centre on the economy, with Keir Starmer focusing on the cost-of-living crisis and Jeremy Hunt signalling support for tax breaks for high earners.The chancellor indicated the Conservatives would seek to end the impact of tapering of personal allowances on larger incomes, were they to be reelected, while his opposite number Rachel Reeves vowed to deliver financial stability with a Thatcher-style commitment to “sound money”.If you look at the distortions in the tax system between £50,000 and £125,000, they are bad economically because they disincentivise people from doing what we need, which is to work, work harder. And we are the party of hard work.Back in the 1980s, Margaret Thatcher proclaimed that the Conservatives were the party of sound money. But three decades on from when she left office, it was the Conservatives who crashed the economy, put pensions in peril and sent the average monthly mortgage repayments up by £240 a month.I will never play fast and loose with your money… I believe in sound money and public spending that is kept under control. Continue reading…