#JeremyHunt & his team have spent the last week flying kites about possible #taxcuts in the #budget, while also warning that the its is a 'long path' to cutting the UK's record overall tax burden.
This looks like an exercise in trying to confuse voters into thinking he's taking all the steps mentioned, while reassuring 'markets' (in the way of the Truss budge) that he's not going to take them really.
It suggests (as ever) that a #Tory budget's optics are very different to its actual effects!
Emeritus Prof Christopher May /
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2024-03-04 06:31:43
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