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Andrea Leadsom Excerpts

Tuesday 5th November 2013 Commons Chamber

[Mr Gauke]

It has not failed the people of Bolton West, where unemployment has fallen by 1,800 in the past year.

[Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire) (Con)]

On the subject of the cost of living, does my hon. Friend think it astonishing that Opposition Members do not understand that this Government have done so much to keep council taxes down? If we were still subject to their policies, the average council tax cost would be £210 a year higher.

[Mr Gauke]

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. It was not this Government who doubled the rate of council tax, it was not this Government who doubled the rate of income tax for the lowest earners and it was not this Government who increased fuel duty 12 times.