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HANSARDGovernment Debt Interest PaymentsI very much agree with my hon. Friend. That is why we published the spending review earlier this year. The review set out plans for day-to-day spending for the next three years…09 Sept 2025HANSARDGovernment Debt Interest PaymentsHe says he did not, but he served in her Cabinet, so I will take no lectures from Conservative Members. The country will have heard what the Leader of the Opposition said today:…09 Sept 2025HANSARDGovernment Debt Interest PaymentsLet me just check—oh yeah, it went through the roof! At the same time that our debt levels went up, we have seen our public services—whether that is our schools, our hospitals,…09 Sept 2025HANSARDGovernment Debt Interest PaymentsI will not take any lectures from the SNP, which has put up taxes on ordinary working people in Scotland. The SNP Scottish Government had the biggest settlement since devolution…09 Sept 2025HANSARDGovernment’s Economic StrategyToday I can inform the House that I have asked the Office for Budget Responsibility to prepare an economic and fiscal forecast for publication on 26 November 2025, which will be…03 Sept 2025HANSARDFiscal Risks and Sustainability ReportAt the Budget last October, and again in the spring, I made the necessary choices to fix the foundations of our economy, to put the public finances on a sustainable path and to…08 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance ContributionsIt is a bit rich for anyone in the Conservative party to mention black holes, after the one that they left for us to clear up. The hon. Gentleman will have seen the Lloyds…01 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt was great to be with my hon. Friend in Warwickshire just a couple of weeks ago to welcome some of the investment, through our industrial strategy and our spending review, which…01 Jul 2025HANSARDPoverty ReductionThe Government are committed to ensuring that there are fewer sick and disabled people in poverty by helping them into work and getting them off NHS waiting lists. That is why at…01 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAt the spending review, we were able to build on the investment we had already made in Merseyside and Teesside with Track-1 of carbon capture and storage, and put investment into…01 Jul 2025HANSARDTransport Infrastructure FundingThe Government recognise the critical contribution that transport makes to our growth mission. The Government increased the capital envelope by over £100 billion at the autumn…01 Jul 2025HANSARDPoverty ReductionThat is a really important point. Our Prime Minister is absolutely committed to early intervention to stop the costs of crisis emerging later on. Later this week, on the…01 Jul 2025HANSARDPoverty ReductionThis Government changed the fiscal rules at the Budget last year with a stability rule, so that for the first time we pay for day-to-day spending through tax receipts, and an…01 Jul 2025HANSARDPoverty ReductionIn the spending review, we invested an additional £29 billion every year for day-to-day spending in the national health service, as well as a record uplift in capital spending in…01 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, I can absolutely give my assurance to Jackie, and to other people who are currently claiming PIP, that they will see absolutely no change in their entitlement. That is what…01 Jul 2025HANSARDPoverty ReductionMy hon. Friend will know that nobody currently receiving personal independence payments will see any reduction in the support they get. In terms of supporting women into work,…01 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsLet us look at the record so far. There are 385,000 more jobs in the UK economy today than there were when Labour came to office a year ago, which is more than 1,000 jobs a day.…01 Jul 2025HANSARDPoverty ReductionIt was the hon. Member’s Government, when they were on this side of the House, who froze those allowances, taking more money out of the pockets of working people. Despite that,…01 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for that question. He will know that this Government have already invested through the National Wealth Fund in the tin mine in his constituency, bringing…01 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance ContributionsThe Government protected the smallest businesses from changes to national insurance by increasing the employment allowance from £5,000 to £10,500. That means that this year…01 Jul 2025