During the General Election campaign, I promised readers of The Mail on Sunday that I would lead the most pro-growth, pro-business Treasury in our country’s history – and I meant it.
Rachel Reeves has written in The Mail on Sunday today outlining her policies to lead the most pro-growth, pro-business Treasury in our country’s history I profoundly disagree. The mandate we were elected on was clear and I stand by it. We cannot tax and spend our way to prosperity, nor will we play fast and loose with the public finances. Instead, we need to back the wealth creators and deliver for the British people.
Read More Labour accused of 'talking the economy down' amid fears it's planning punishing tax raids Conservative governments over the past 14 years have promised action to reform the pension market, but have failed to deliver. Where they have failed, I will act. A table showing the economic picture at the end of the last Goverment in 2010 compared to the start of Keir Starmer's Government in 2024