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HANSARDFinancial Statement and Budget ReportThe Leader of the Opposition supported these freezes when her party made them; she might want to forget about that, but the British people never will. At the same time, we are…26 Nov 2025HANSARDFinancial Statement and Budget ReportI am happy for them to shout as much as they like, Madam Deputy Speaker, as long as they do it from the Opposition Benches, where they cannot cause any more damage. I said that…26 Nov 2025HANSARDFinancial Statement and Budget ReportI think our constituents have heard all they need to from Conservative Members today. We on the Labour Benches do not believe that the solution to a broken welfare system is to…26 Nov 2025HANSARDFinancial Statement and Budget ReportI would not want any hon. Member to miss this. We are chasing down that money and have almost £400 million back from dodgy pandemic spending and contracts. Tory contracts handed…26 Nov 2025HANSARDFinancial Statement and Budget ReportI think if you have a house that is worth £5 million, then you can probably afford it, but Conservative Members get more exercised about reducing child poverty than they do about…26 Nov 2025HANSARDFinancial Statement and Budget ReportThe Tories do not want to hear what they did to schools like mine, but I will tell them. Textbooks were rationed, libraries closed and kids herded into portacabins in the…26 Nov 2025HANSARDFinancial Statement and Budget ReportWe beat the forecasts this year, and we will beat them again by boosting trade, not blocking it; by increasing investment, not cutting it; by championing innovation, not stifling…26 Nov 2025HANSARDFinancial Statement and Budget ReportThose are my choices, not austerity and not reckless borrowing, but cutting the debt, cutting waiting lists and cutting the cost of living. Those are Labour choices, promised and…26 Nov 2025HANSARDFinancial Statement and Budget ReportUnder the Conservatives, the cost of our welfare system increased by nearly 1 percentage point of GDP—equivalent to £88 billion in just five years. The broken welfare system that…26 Nov 2025HANSARDContingent Liability NotificationThe independent Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England decided at its meeting ending on 3 February 2022 to reduce the stocks of UK Government bonds and sterling…11 Nov 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance Contributions: Business ImpactMy hon. Friend is a strong champion for people in Hornsey and Wood Green, including small businesses. Last year at the Budget, we set out the principles in the consultation on…04 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhen we came into office last year, there was a £22 billion black hole in the public finances. The reserve that is set out for genuine emergencies had already been spent four…04 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt was good to see my hon. Friend and the engineering company Redler in Downing Street yesterday. On the issue about schools, as I said in answer to my hon. Friend the Member for…04 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for his question and for his campaigning work on this. At the spending review, I announced the changes to the Green Book and particularly our work on…04 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsA working person is somebody who goes out every day to earn their income. They rely on prices that are affordable in the shops, low interest rates and taxes that are as low as…04 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the hon. Gentleman knows, that is not what I said in my speech this morning. In last year’s Budget we got rid of the non-dom tax status, we introduced VAT and business rates on…04 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe will set out all our Budget measures at the Budget.04 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe NHS will remain free at the point of use for as long as there is a Labour Government. That is not something that Reform is able to promise. As usual, Reform does one thing and…04 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMay I first pay tribute to all those who responded to Saturday’s horrendous attack: the quick-thinking driver, the emergency services, and the heroic LNER staff member Samir…04 Nov 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance Contributions: Business ImpactWe increased the employment allowance at the Budget last year. That is, rightly, agnostic between part-time and full-time workers. That is why 865,000 businesses will not be…04 Nov 2025