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HANSARDEngagementsLabour Members can do the fake cheers as much as they like. The whole country knows what a mess of the economy they are making. It is clear that taxes are going up for…03 Sept 2025HANSARDEngagementsPerhaps he should have a read of the— [Interruption.]03 Sept 2025HANSARDEngagementsI am not sure we would have heard all that sympathy if it had been a Conservative Deputy Prime Minister who was being attacked. I remember when the Prime Minister said that tax…03 Sept 2025HANSARDEngagementsI know the whole House will want to send our condolences to the family of our former colleague, David Warburton. I also welcome the fact that the Deputy Prime Minister has…03 Sept 2025HANSARDEngagementsIt is a terrible record. I stand by every single thing that I have said. The Prime Minister cannot say why borrowing is higher under him. I will tell him why it is higher: it is…03 Sept 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister is dragging down the country. He is dragging it down. How can he stand there and say that he is creating jobs? Unemployment has gone up in every single month…03 Sept 2025HANSARDEngagementsWe are not the ones referring ourselves to ethics advisers. The fact is that he is floundering. He— [Interruption.] Perhaps he should have a read— [Interruption.]03 Sept 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister says that he is not going to write the Budget, but his Chancellor is on the front of the Daily Mirror talking about what she is going to do on taxes, so why can…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsI do not know where these 3,000 jobs are coming from. Unemployment has gone up every month under his Government. Perhaps the Prime Minister should speak to farmers and small…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsI am not talking of the country down; I am talking the Prime Minister down. I asked him what a modest income was. He answered with what a working person is. He does not know what…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister is talking about what he has achieved, but we have just heard that inflation is up again—the worst in the G7. We left him with 2% inflation. We have borrowing…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsYesterday, the head of the Office for Budget Responsibility warned the Government that higher and higher levels of taxes are bad for growth. Does the Prime Minister agree?16 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister is not planning to do anything this summer to fix the economy. The shadow of the last Budget is hanging over the entire country. Just yesterday, only the…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister says that he has stabilised the economy. Has he spoken to any farmers recently? It is time for him to take responsibility for the mess that he is making. He has…09 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister still does not understand, so I am going to make it very simple for him: this is a mess of his own making—he should not be asking how we would clean it up. The…09 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsIt is rare— [Interruption.] It is rare that the Prime Minister is able to give a clear answer, but I am glad that he has done so now. He also promised—in fact, he boasted—that he…09 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsI echo the Prime Minister’s sentiments about the horrific terrorist attack of 7 July. I was pleased to be at the commemoration service on Monday. In particular, our thoughts are…09 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsThere was no clear answer there. The whole House will have heard the Prime Minister fail to rule out freezing tax thresholds. He could say yes to the first question—he could…09 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsInvestors are fleeing the country. The Prime Minister says he will stick to his manifesto promises, but Labour promised not to put a tax on working people and then we got the jobs…09 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsI will start again, Mr Speaker. [ Interruption. ] Yes, and louder for those at the back: sickness benefits are set to rise to £100 billion because of the Government’s mess. They…02 Jul 2025