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HANSARDLiving StandardsAs the hon. Lady knows, because of our commitment to the triple lock, the basic state pension and the new state pension will continue to rise. This winter, the new state pension…29 Oct 2024HANSARDLiving StandardsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is why we will ensure that the Low Pay Commission takes into account the cost of living, and why we will close the gap between the youth…29 Oct 2024HANSARDLiving StandardsI thank my hon. Friend for her question and congratulate her on her great work on the Co-op’s food justice policy. As she knows, we are right behind her in our commitment to raise…29 Oct 2024HANSARDLiving StandardsWe have already announced the child poverty taskforce, which is working to publish a comprehensive strategy to tackle child poverty. We will publish that strategy in spring next…29 Oct 2024HANSARDLiving StandardsMy hon. Friend is right: the previous Parliament was the worst ever recorded for living standards. Tomorrow’s Budget is an opportunity to fix that and turn the page so that we can…29 Oct 2024HANSARDLiving StandardsThis is likely to be the last time that the shadow Chancellor, the right hon. Member for Godalming and Ash (Jeremy Hunt), is up against me at the Dispatch Box. We have had the…29 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question, and I note the number of Labour MPs we now have in Somerset and across the south-west of England. We will set out more detail in the…29 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsOur commitment to build 1.5 million homes is about ensuring that all our constituents get the chance to have a roof over their head, including in rural areas, with more social…29 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe will set out details of our tax policy in the Budget tomorrow, but this Government have made a commitment to working people that we will not increase their income tax, their…29 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe previous Government factored into their forecasts an increase in fuel duty this year. I will set out our plans in the Budget tomorrow.29 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right to draw attention to the disastrous impacts of the Conservative mini-Budget just over two years ago, which is still having an impact on people’s lives as…29 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. This is an issue that resonates right across the House, with so many of us hearing terrible stories at our surgeries about the lack of…29 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsBuilding the homes that our country needs is a top priority for this Government. In our manifesto, we committed to build 1.5 million homes in this Parliament, including social…29 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. I went to school in the ’80s and ’90s, and I was taught in portacabins because there was not enough room in my school. I know how…29 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have always respected the right hon. Gentleman, but I think it is important for us not to deny the seriousness of the situation that we face with the black hole in the public…29 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe right hon. Gentleman knows better than almost anyone else that there a was £22 billion black hole in the public finances. That will require difficult decisions, but even in…29 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes a really important point, which I think is familiar to all of us in our communities, about the cost of housing outstretching people’s incomes. In our…29 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsTomorrow I will present my first Budget. It will be a Budget that fixes the foundations of our economy and delivers on the promise of change. It will turn the page on low growth…29 Oct 2024HANSARDInvestor ConfidenceI would judge this Government on their record: we secured £63.5 billion of investment right across the United Kingdom, creating nearly 40,000 jobs in constituencies up and down…29 Oct 2024HANSARDInvestor ConfidenceI know that the hon. Gentleman is a proud supporter of businesses big and small in his constituency and across Northern Ireland. I will set out more detail in tomorrow’s Budget,…29 Oct 2024