'Conservatives in government cut taxes for working families': Boris and Rishi in show of unity
Daily Mail
03/07/2022
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak put on a show of unity today to insisted they are tax-cutting Tories amid unrest from Tory backbenchers.
The Prime Minister and Chancellor - said to be at odds over public spending - penned a joint article to outline what they are calling 'the single biggest tax cut in a decade'.
Writing in the Sun on Sunday, the Prime Minister and Chancellor said when the National Insurance threshold rises overnight this coming Wednesday from £9,880 to £12,570 it will save 30 million British workers up to £330 a year.
They added that the historic tax cut will amount to £6 billion in value and lift 2.2 million people out of paying 'any -National Insurance or income tax on their earnings at all', with 'around 70 per cent of British workers' paying less National Insurance.
But senior MPs demanded they go further and cut more taxes now, rather than waiting until closer to the next election.
Former Conservative leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith told the Sunday Express: 'The reality is we should get on with it now. There is no question taxes are too high; they are putting too tight a squeeze on the economy.'
And Damian Green, a deputy prime minister under Theresa May, added: 'Tax cuts should be at the heart of a conservative vision of how to protect people from the cost of living crisis, and of restoring growth to the economy. VAT on fuel would be a good place to start.'
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The Prime Minister and Chancellor - said to be at odds over public spending - penned a joint article to outline what they are calling 'the single biggest tax cut in a decade'.
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The Prime Minister and Chancellor - said to be at odds over public spending - penned a joint article to outline what they are calling 'the single biggest tax cut in a decade'.
In the rare joint op-ed from the pair, they outline the billions the Government is planning to spend to cushion the blow of inflation by also providing relief for council tax bills, fuel duty and energy costs.
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