How should Labour respond to the Autumn Statement?
Jeremy Hunt is borrowing from the future to pay for tax cuts now – Rachel Reeves will need to react.
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New Times,
New Thinking.
Jeremy Hunt is borrowing from the future to pay for tax cuts now – Rachel Reeves will need to react.
ByThe Chancellor’s tax cuts are only enabled by painful future spending cuts.
ByFor Conservative rebels, tax cuts are the carrot; the threat of a May general election is the stick.
ByRepairing the NHS and social care is the best way to get the long-term ill into work.
ByWhile the Tories prioritise tax cuts, Keir Starmer’s party would prioritise the repair of public services.
ByThe government hasn’t cut taxes for workers and it can’t take credit for lower inflation.
ByThe Chancellor’s jolly demeanour betrayed his failure to comprehend the living standards crisis.
ByThe Tories are unlikely to win any new voters no matter what they say.
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