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Response to the 6 March 2024 Budget

The Tories are talking about tax cuts to be covered by projected huge social spending cuts in the coming years.

The Tories are talking about tax cuts to be covered by projected huge social spending cuts in the coming years.

Here is a text being put in Islington South CLP which you might adaptg.

We note the talk of Jeremy Hunt announcing tax cuts in the forthcoming Budget, to try to regain votes for the Tories, and to be “paid for” by further sharp spending cuts projected for when the Tories are no longer in office.

We note further the comment from the Institute for Government that “current spending plans are a fantasy. The deterioration in performance that they imply – particularly in the criminal justice system and local government – would likely lead any government to rapidly abandon them”.

We call on the Labour Party leadership not to get caught in this trap, and honestly to advocate increased taxes on the rich and big business to enable the repair and improvement of public services”

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