Building Safety Debate – 30 January 2023 John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):What actions will the Government take to make it more likely that people will set up new construction companies and grow smaller companies, since we clearly need more capacity and… read more
What is it about cutting tax rates that drives the Treasury mad? Jeremy Hunt says rightly that he wants inflation down, yet his department blocks cuts in VAT, fuel duties and other direct tax charges on activity that would do just that. They opted for… read more
I asked this question to get NHS management to concentrate on high rates of turnover and loss rates from NHS employment. The easiest source of expanding the workforce must surely be to persuade more people to stay? The Department of Health and Social… read more
In the long run up to the March budget we have had a stream of bad numbers from the Treasury and Bank and a leak of a bad forecast from the OBR. The dreadful December borrowing figures were designed to alarm, showing a massive £27.4 bn borrowing figu… read more
I strongly agree with the Chancellor’s speech when he said “High taxes directly affect the incentives which determine decisions by entrepreneurs, investors or larger companies about whether to pursue their ambitions in Britain”. This was in tune with… read more