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HANSARDTaxesWell yes, exactly. The Government will look to any floating branch or whatever to cling on to, to try to look a little better than they truly are. We have seen a Government who…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesI am not sure that I fully understood the point, but the hon. Gentleman seems at least to accept that there is a real black hole when it comes to this Government, of at least £6…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesI would be delighted to talk the hon. Gentleman through that. The preceding Labour Government left this country with a deficit of 10.1%, or £160 billion a year, so clearly we had…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. With the increasing Government debt to which this Government are constantly adding, and the higher interest rates for longer for which…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesI beg to move, That this House notes that the Government was elected on the basis of a manifesto commitment not to increase taxes on working people and not to increase National…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesI think this debate is actually about the tax policy of this Government. As I have clearly set out— [ Interruption. ] To be fair, there was the small matter of covid, which came…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. When it comes to criticising this Government, it is always confusing whether to address those on the Front Bench or on the Back Benches,…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The reality is that if we tax something, we tend to get less of it. This Government have taxed business, so it is not surprising that the…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesI will momentarily. We would of course have tackled the welfare bill, as we did when we were in office. We made £5 billion-worth of savings, as scored by the Office for Budget…15 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesDevon.07 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesIt certainly is now, Madam Deputy Speaker. If Ministers are to begin putting their house back in order, that must start right now with full transparency and proper answers.07 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesThe Chancellor said that she would not make any commitments that were not “fully funded and fully costed”, but the Chief Secretary to the Treasury has just said that he now…07 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal Rules(Urgent Question): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if she will make a statement on the Government’s performance against the fiscal rules.07 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe winter fuel payment U-turn will cost £1.25 billion, and the welfare reform U-turn will cost £2.5 billion, all adding to Labour’s unfunded black hole. This is from a Chancellor…01 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe House will note that the right hon. Lady did not categorically rule out the possibility of changing the fiscal rules in the autumn. Given that, will she at least confirm that…01 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsThere you have it: there will be a vote in this House on Tuesday on the welfare Bill, although many on the Back Benches could be forgiven for thinking that they have heard this…25 Jun 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Lady completely sidestepped my question. She cannot even defend her own Government’s policy. Can she at least assure the House that the vote on Tuesday will…25 Jun 2025HANSARDEngagementsThank you, Mr Speaker. It is a pleasure to stand opposite the right hon. Lady. Despite what many may think, we have a great deal in common, not least that we both viscerally…25 Jun 2025HANSARDEngagementsI am afraid that the right hon. Lady has clearly not read her own legislation. The Bill will see the number of people on welfare rising for every single year going forward. There…25 Jun 2025HANSARDEngagementsWhen you cut out the blather, is not the reality that this Labour Government have condemned us to higher taxes, more debt, fewer jobs and more pain for businesses up and down our…25 Jun 2025