I have written to the Financial Secretary on behalf a number of my constituents who have asked for a six month suspension of the Loan Charge until a full review is conducted. They would like the review to assess the full impact this may have on indivi… read more
When I fought the last election as a Conservative candidate I believed in the words of our Manifesto, echoed by our Leader. We said we would leave the EU 2 years after sending the notification letter. We said No Deal is better than a bad deal. We sai… read more
A number of constituents have raised the issue with me again about the tax treatment of loan charges. They point out they took advice and signed up to the scheme. They notified the tax authorities who raised no issues with it at the time, only to face… read more
My criticism of much mainstream media journalism about just leaving the EU is the lack of neutrality or objectivity in the reporting. Many of them just assert leaving without a deal is “falling off a cliff edge” or will result in “cataclysm, or disast… read more
Some are still writing to me saying the referendum was advisory, that it could have been the first of two, that it did not entail leaving the single market and customs union etc. Let’s have another go at explaining it. The government leaflet said “A … read more